Cyber Insurance Best Practices

SEC Suit Against SolarWinds CISO to Drive Demand for D&O Insurance & Other Protections for Cyber Security Chiefs: WSJ

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued SolarWinds Corporation, the software company, and its chief information security officer, Timothy G. Brown, for fraud and internal control failures in relation to the company’s major hack in 2020, reportedly conducted by Russian intelligence. “The complaint seeks permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, civil penalties, and an … Read more

Chubb Offers Policy Holders Cyber Tech from SentinelOne

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The world’s largest public P&C insurance company, ticker “CB,” will enable $its 100m+ revenue clients to share cyber risk information via SentinelOne’s protection and response software. This is another example of insurers teaming with pure-play cybersecurity providers to increase the security of policy holders and improve underwriting and response. “‘The incorporation of SentinelOne’s endpoint protection … Read more

Can the Existence of a Risk Management Program for Cyber Insurance Also Provide Legal Protection?

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The dawn of SEC-required cyber disclosures seems sure to increase litigation, as we’ve reported. Could the kind of cyber risk management now required by most cyber liability insurers provide some protection from the plaintiff’s bar? Liberty Mutual thinks so. “Cyber risk management strategies can help mitigate the likelihood of falling victim to an attack; but … Read more

Half of Cyber Insureds Improve Their Security As Part of Getting Policy: Survey

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The cyber insurance industry has long asserted that its underwriting processes, combined with security tech embedded in policies or supplied by third parties, will improve their clients’ security and impact the broader economy. Some carriers have provided statistics on breaches that appear to support the proposition. Cyber security company Netwrix tested this with a survey … Read more

SME Market Gets New AI-Driven Cyber Insurance Solution from Measured Analytics

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Measured Analytics and Insurance, the cyber insurance MGA, continues its aggressive move into the increasingly competitive, but still relatively underserved, small and medium enterprise (SME) market (earlier this month Measured announced its partnership with the AWS cyber insurance program.) The Company’s CyberGuard 2023 insurance product targets companies with up to $500 million revenue, offering policy … Read more

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