Cyber Insurance Questionnaire Cheat Sheet
Cyber insurance applications are full of questions that are easy to answer wrong. A wrong yes can put a future claim at risk. A wrong no can raise your premium. This cheat sheet explains all 20 in plain English, so you can answer honestly and with confidence.
- Fill out the application without guessing on a single question
- Avoid the answers that quietly raise your premium or put a claim at risk
- Know what the carrier means by MFA, EDR, and immutable backup before you check a box
- Find your weak spots now, while there's still time to fix them before renewal
- Give your broker clear answers, with fewer back-and-forth emails
- Made for small architecture and engineering firms, not big corporations
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The Questions That Trip Up Most Firms, Answered
MFA Questions
Where carriers want multi-factor login (email, remote access, admin accounts) and what counts as a yes.
Backup Questions
What "offline," "immutable," and "tested" mean on the form, and how to tell if your backups qualify.
Endpoint Protection
The difference between antivirus and EDR (endpoint detection and response), and why the form asks.
Email Security
Phishing filters, link scanning, and the email settings carriers look for.
Training and Policies
What counts as security training, and which written policies the carrier expects you to have.
Incident Response
What they mean by an incident response plan, and the short version a small firm needs.
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