Findings from Resilience’s 2026 Midyear Cyber Risk Report | Resilience Risk Briefing
Get the findings from Resilience’s 2026 Midyear Cyber Risk Report and practical steps to act on them before H2 ends.
What the 2026 midyear claims data reveals about cyber losses
Autonomous ransomware and frontier AI models made headlines this half, but neither shows up in Resilience’s losses. What does: 85.3% of incurred losses trace back to someone believing a voice, a message, or a request that looked real, up from 17.7% two years ago.
This session walks through Resilience’s 2026 Midyear Cyber Risk Report, covering where losses are actually coming from, why governance gaps and known vulnerabilities still aren’t being fixed fast enough, and what separates organizations that contain an attack from those that don’t.
Judson Dressler, Director of the Risk Operations Center, Maria Long, Chief Underwriting Officer, and Jeremy Gittler, Global Head of Claims, discuss how risk-first leaders can act on these findings before H2 closes out.
About Speakers
Maria Long
Chief Underwriting Officer
Maria Long is the Chief Underwriting Officer at Resilience. With nearly 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, Maria is an established cyber risk manager and underwriter. She has led comprehensive cyber risk programs, enhancing cyber maturity across the policy lifecycle while underwriting Cyber and Tech E&O risks.
Passionate about emerging trends, strategic partnerships, and industry engagement, Maria excels in supporting diverse portfolios, particularly in technology and niche sectors. Known for fostering strong industry relationships, educating stakeholders, and driving strategic initiatives, she combines expertise in communication, leadership, and information privacy and security management to deliver an innovative approach to risk and sustainable portfolio performance.
Jeremy Gittler
Global Head of Claims
Jeremy Gittler, Esq., serves as the Global Head of Claims at Resilience. He is responsible for leading a team that delivers responsive, expert, and solutions-focused support to policyholders facing cyber incidents, as well as lawsuits arising from Technology Errors and Omissions and Media Wrongful Acts. Under his leadership, Resilience continues to build on its reputation as the most trusted, innovative partner in the cyber insurance industry.
Prior to joining Resilience, Jeremy held senior leadership roles at AXA XL, where he oversaw both the U.S. Cyber Claims and Underwriting teams. He launched and built the company’s Cyber Claims operations, helping establish AXA XL as a key player in the market. Jeremy began his cyber insurance career at AIG, managing many of the company’s most complex cyber and technology-related claims. Earlier, he practiced litigation at a leading national law firm, where he developed the legal foundation that informs his strategic and pragmatic approach to managing cyber risk. He holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. from Emory University.
Jud Dressler
Director, Risk Operations Center
Judson Dressler is the Director of the Risk Operations Center. Dressler recently joined Resilience after serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He was previously the Permanent Professor and Head of the Department of Computer and Cyber Sciences at the United States Air Force Academy, where he taught more than 1,200 cadets each year and conducted long-term artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research.
He served as the Commander of the 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, where he led 134 cyber airmen to conduct threat-focused, intelligence-driven defensive cyberspace operations. Dressler holds a PhD in Computer Science from Rice University and a Master’s in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology.
Any company that sells hardware or software with network connectivity into an EU member state has to report vulnerabilities and incidents affecting that product. The regulation calls these products with digital elements, and it applies to the manufacturer regardless of where the manufacturer is based, so a US firm with no EU presence is covered from the moment its first unit ships into the single market.