Insurers’ cybersecurity excellence determines competitive advantage as much as actuarial precision or customer experience innovation. CIOs must partner with CISOs to build cybersecurity programs that protect expanding digital ecosystems while enabling innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering measurable business value. Datos Insights has developed a high-level assessment framework to address these challenges, integrating three industry-leading standards from NIST, ISO and COBIT to create a comprehensive approach to transform security from a necessary expense into a strategic enabler.

This assessment framework emerged from analysis of cybersecurity practices across insurance organizations spanning the life and annuity plus property and casualty segments. The research methodology included discussions with CIOs, CISOs, and senior security executives, a review of a representative sample of regulatory guidance from state insurance departments and federal agencies, and a detailed analysis of recent cybersecurity incidents affecting the insurance industry.
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About the Author
Mitch Wein
Mitch Wein is an Executive Principal in the Insurance Practice at Datos Insights. He has expertise in international IT leadership and transformation as well as technology strategy for banking, insurance (life, annuities, personal, commercial, specialty), and wealth management. Prior to joining Datos Insights, Mitch served in senior technology management positions at numerous financial institutions. At Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank), he automated...
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Steven Kaye
Steven Kaye is Head of Knowledge Management at Datos Insights, and lead editor of the firm’s Business and Technology Trends in Insurance series. He has managed a wide range of research projects since joining the firm in 2008. Previously, Steven worked for Accenture as an insurance researcher focused on the U.S. life and property/casualty markets. He also served in both knowledge management...