Win better cover by proving the controls your insurer asks about actually work.
The attestation you signed won’t help when a claim is denied because a control didn’t hold.
Cover keeps getting pricier, and more conditional.
Premiums have climbed and renewals have tightened. Underwriters now want named controls in place, evidenced, before they’ll write the policy, and proven if they ever pay a claim.
- MFA on remote and privileged access
- EDR / XDR across endpoints
- Tested, immutable backups
- Network segmentation
- A tested incident-response plan
- Evidence of regular penetration testing
Attesting to these wins cover. Proving they work is what keeps a claim from being denied.
These track the joint CISA · FBI · NSA · MS-ISAC #StopRansomware guidance that most carriers’ ransomware supplemental applications are built on.
Cover that holds, and a claim that pays.
Evidence the named controls actually work, so the application is stronger at renewal and the claim is defensible on the day you file it.
Cover at renewal and a claim that pays come down to the same thing: what you can evidence.
of named controls, exercised
Not a sample. Every control your policy asks about, tested against real techniques.
That evidence is something you build. Here’s how.
Three levers, one outcome.
Prove the controls work
A purple team exercises the exact controls insurers ask about, side by side with your defenders, and documents the result for the application and the file.
Purple teaming →02Align to the requirements
A program review maps your posture to insurer and regulatory expectations, and closes the gaps that drive premiums up.
Program review & vCISO →03Keep the evidence current
Incenter keeps control-effectiveness evidence fresh between renewals, so you’re never scrambling at application time.
Compliance & risk alignment →of engagements surface a critical issue.
The gaps insurers price on are usually there. Better to find them before the adjuster does.
Put the levers to work, and the before-and-after looks like this.