Cyber Insurance

Information Security

The practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks including unauthorised access, use, and disruption.

Security Audit

A systematic evaluation of an organisation's information system security by measuring compliance with established criteria.

Compliance Framework

A structured set of guidelines and best practices for meeting regulatory requirements and industry standards.

ISO 27001

An international standard for information security management systems specifying requirements for establishing and maintaining security.

SOC 2

An auditing framework that evaluates the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of service organisations.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

A set of voluntary guidelines for managing and reducing cybersecurity risk developed by the US National Institute of Standards.

Threat Modelling

A structured approach for identifying, quantifying, and addressing security threats to a system or application.

Security by Design

An approach that integrates security considerations into every stage of the software development lifecycle.

DevSecOps

An approach integrating security practices within the DevOps process, making security a shared responsibility.

Software Supply Chain Security

Practices and tools that protect the integrity of software components, dependencies, build pipelines, and distribution channels from compromise and tampering.

Cloud Security Posture Management

Automated tools that continuously assess cloud infrastructure configurations against security best practices and compliance requirements, identifying and remediating misconfigurations.

Malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to computer systems.

The discipline of protecting AI systems from adversarial attacks, data poisoning, model theft, and prompt injection while ensuring the secure deployment of AI in production environments.

Evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging threats to an organisation's digital assets and infrastructure.

A centralised facility where security professionals monitor, detect, analyse, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.

A software security flaw unknown to the vendor that can be exploited before a patch is available.

A targeted phishing attack directed at specific individuals or organisations using personalised deceptive content.

Security systems that leverage machine learning and behavioural analytics to identify sophisticated cyber threats, anomalous patterns, and zero-day attacks in real time.

The practice of reporting security vulnerabilities to software vendors so they can be fixed before public exploitation.