Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

A growing number of companies are implementing cloud computing solutions to lower IT costs and increase efficiency. Although cloud technology offers an array of advantages, organizations that rely on the cloud must compensate for the corresponding increase in risk associated with outsourcing business operations to a third party. A recent article authored by a Hunton & Williams Insurance Litigation & Counseling partner discusses the ways in which business interruptions caused by cloud service provider failures may be covered by contingent business interruption insurance, or CBI.