SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Zurich North America Insurance and Advisen Ltd. has released the tenth annual Advisen cyber survey of corporate risk managers and insurance buyers revealing current views about information security and cyber risk management. This year's survey features the highest percentage of cyber insurance buyers ever – nearly 80 percent carry some level of cyber insurance (55 percent of respondents with cyber coverage have a stand-alone policy). This take-up rate for cyber insurance has steadily climbed since 2011, the first year of the survey, when just 34 percent of respondents bought some type of cyber coverage.
Key findings of the 2020 survey include:
Business interruption is viewed as the worst outcome of a ransomware event by 43 percent of respondents; reputational harm was cited as the second-worst outcome by 29 percent, and other outcomes such as loss of data (15 percent) and loss of funds/paying the ransomware (11 percent) were viewed as far less impactful.
Sixty percent of respondents feel either "extremely prepared" or "prepared" to respond to a ransomware event, while 33 percent feel "somewhat prepared."
Just over a third (35 percent) of respondents provide annual training for employees on cyber risks, while 24 percent conduct quarterly trainings.
Similarly, 30 percent of respondents only assess their company's exposure to cyber risks on an annual basis, indicating potential gaps in security.
Eighty-one percent of respondents have not changed their cyber security spend, despite financial constraints due to COVID-19. Last year's survey revealed boosting cyber security budgets as a priority and the lack of change amid the pandemic marks a positive sign.
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