Using Quantar's CyCalc® Cyber Analytics

Quantar supports underwriters through the provision of proprietary client cyber risk data in many forms. This ranges from actual attacks experienced by an enterprise, to modelling of mitigation actions to identify the most effective means of reducing or eliminating financial risk exposure. Here are some basic concepts of using CyCalc^® as a means of both aiding the assessment and pricing process, but also as an added-value service to your clients for corporate risk management and data breach law compliance.

Case 1: Assess Prospective & Actual Cyber Client Risk

View cyber threats experienced by the insured over time
Project extrapolated threat data into future periods of up to 12 months
Use red/amber/green visual warnings to trigger risk event management
Identify risk appetite through trend analysis

Case 2: Price Risks by Coverage and Terms

Utilise industry standard risk statistics for enhanced modelling
Define overall risk exposure through application of temporal profiles
Drill-down capability provides deep insight into risk types with individual and overall results
Run audit reports for in-house and client benefit and for regulatory compliance

Case Use 3: Accumulation & Exposure Management

Run model for future attack rate forecasts
Calculate future expected loss exposure up to 12 months ahead
Determine conditional expected shortfall
Identify tail risk
Review exposures according to confidence level
Aggregate total exposure for cyber portfolio management

Case Use 4: Client Advisory & Regulatory Compliance

Create baseline scenario to determine existing level of financial risk
Utilise ” what-if ” capability to model mitigation action efficiency for optimal capital allocation
Define sequencing of security enhancements to arrive at desired risk exposure
Match risk appetite to total enterprise cyber risk valuation for corporate risk management
Save scenarios for regulatory data breach compliance documentary support

Case Use 5: Create Sectoral Profiles

Map business processes to system and categories for dependency modelling
Manage outsourced process risk through adjustable weighting selection
Model temporal shift impacts upon overall financial risk from downtime or process outage
Determine required granularity of model according to requirements
Configure for non-electronic threats, including malicious insiders and physical infrastructure damage

For further information on how Quantar can support your underwriting for cyber and business interruption related risks, please contact our sales team

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