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Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance is a commercial insurance product that provides financial coverage and incident-response services for defined cyber events, including data breaches and ransomware, and matters for enterprises as a structured mechanism to manage residual cyber risk and related financial exposure.
- 4 articles
- 21 companies
- Most covered: Sophos, ABI Research, Akamai Technologies
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| The check | What the record shows | Where it is in the data |
|---|---|---|
| It's a known term | One entry, with its type (topic) | name |
| It's in real use | 4 articles tag it; 21 companies are tied to it | subjectOf |
| It sits in a glossary | Linked to Cyber Risk, Cyberbreach, Incident Response, Cybersecurity | inDefinedTermSet |
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