What is Cyber Insurance Readiness?
Cyber Insurance Readiness is a gap review that compares your actual security controls with what cyber insurers typically ask for, so you can answer renewal questions accurately and know what to fix first.
Cyber insurance applications now ask specific questions. Is MFA on for all email accounts? Are backups kept offline? Is endpoint protection on every device? A wrong answer can complicate a claim later.
Many owners answer these from memory or pass the form to their IT provider. The answers are often close, but not always accurate.
This review compares your actual controls to what insurers typically expect. It shows where you are covered, where you are not and what evidence you should have ready. The result is that you answer with confidence, and you know what to fix first if a gap shows up.
Who needs it?
- A business facing its first cyber insurance application
- A company whose renewal questionnaire has become longer and more specific
- An owner unsure whether they could prove the answers they gave last year
- A business whose insurer has asked for specific controls to be in place
What problems does it address?
- Renewal questions answered from memory
- An application passed to the IT provider and signed without checking
- Not knowing what evidence you should have ready
- A wrong answer that could complicate a claim later
What we assess
- Multi-factor authentication on email, remote access and administrator accounts
- Privileged access
- Endpoint protection
- Backups and ransomware controls
- Email security
- Remote access
- Incident response planning
- Security awareness training
- Whether each control is documented and can be shown
What you receive
- A control-by-control gap list against common insurer requirements
- Plain-language answers you can stand behind on an application or renewal
- Evidence you should collect before you submit
- A short plan for closing the gaps
Avertix cannot guarantee coverage, approval or a particular premium. Insurers set their own requirements. We help you see where your controls differ from what they typically ask for.
What happens afterward?
You decide what to do with the findings, and with whom. Your team or IT provider can carry them out, with Avertix guiding the changes and retesting them if you want, or you can keep senior help on hand through an advisory arrangement. Many clients stop after the report.
How the engagement works
Free consultation
A 45-minute call with a senior consultant about your situation. It is a conversation, not an assessment. You leave with a recommended next step.
Scope and price
Scope, deliverables and price are agreed in writing before any work starts.
Assessment
The consultant who scoped the work does it. Requests to your team stay small, and we work with your IT provider where you have one.
Findings and walkthrough
You get a written report and a walkthrough. Findings are ranked, so you know what to do first and what can wait.
