PEGs Want Their Portfolio Companies to Have Cyber Insurance. But What’s the Best Way?

Tax, audit and advisory firm Grant Thornton has ideas. “Some sort of shared access, as opposed to aggregated purchasing, may gain some of the advantages without triggering these issues (challenges in portfolio-wide cyber insurance requirements and purchasing.) Another promising approach would be for PE firms to create financial incentives, possibly funded by a shared pool, for portfolio companies to implement best practices and minimize cyber incidents. Participants speculated that this could appreciably lower the cost of capital.”

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Mark Sauter

Mark Sauter’s insights on the financial, policy and security elements of cyber insurance are based on years of experience in the investment banking, media and business worlds. Co-author of the McGraw Hill university textbook “Homeland Security: a Complete Guide,” Sauter was also a consultant to one of the world’s largest software companies and served as a US Army Special Forces and infantry officer.