2017

Cyber Risk Awards

June 14, 2017
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Grand Hyatt at Grand Central
109 East 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017
USA

Awards

Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- USA

This prestigious award recognizes and shows the entire community’s gratitude to 3 key players in the cyber risk sector who – through dedication, foresight and leadership – have enhanced and developed the treatment of cyber risk through the past year. The three winners will be executives operating in each of the USA, Europe, and International markets.

Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- London

This prestigious award recognizes and shows the entire community’s gratitude to 3 key players in the cyber risk sector who – through dedication, foresight and leadership – have enhanced and developed the treatment of cyber risk through the past year. The three winners will be executives operating in each of the USA, Europe, and International markets.

Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year- International

This prestigious award recognizes and shows the entire community’s gratitude to 3 key players in the cyber risk sector who – through dedication, foresight and leadership – have enhanced and developed the treatment of cyber risk through the past year. The three winners will be executives operating in each of the USA, Europe, and International markets.

Cyber Risk Event Response Team of the Year

When a cyber event happens, the teams that help companies navigate through the incident are worth their weight in gold. This award will honor a cyber services team with forensics, investigations, PR/communications and/or notification expertise that has offered outstanding support in the face of a 2016 cyber breach.

Cyber Risk Pre-Breach Team of the Year

Practice makes perfect... There is huge value in preparing for the worst, and making your best defense into offense in the face of an incident. This award will honor a cybersecurity consultancy team or corporation that has successfully prepared and mitigated loss pre-breach.

Cyber Service Vendor of the Year

The winner of this award category will be a corporation or a team who has demonstrated leadership and innovation in providing solutions to today’s top cyber threats. The winner will have demonstrated commitment to understanding and mitigating cyber threats in business.

Cyber Risk Innovation of the Year

The winner of this broad category will be a corporation or a team whose specific innovation has made an outstanding contribution to improving the way that cyber risk is managed in the past year.

Cyber Newcomer of the Year – New for 2017!

This is a crowded space and it’s hard to get noticed as a newcomer in the cybersecurity or insurance sector. This award is specifically designed to recognize a start-up operation from 2016 that has made a real impact on how cyber threats are identified, quantified or mitigated. The winner will have demonstrated a refreshingly new way of doing business, a technological breakthrough or a particularly interesting partnership of skills to make a splash in 2016.

Cyber Reinsurer of the Year – New for 2017!

With trillions of dollars of cyber limit at play and untold potential for ‘silent’ exposures to produce claims, the backstop of a strong reinsurance program is becoming increasingly crucial to underwriting cyber insurance. This award will recognize an outstanding reinsurer that has gone above-and-beyond in 2016 to partner with carriers to offer adequate limits for cyber clients.

Cyber Law Firm of the Year – New for 2017!

Law firms are an integral part of this fast-changing landscape - from providing pre and post-breach coaching services to deciphering complex cyber laws and insurance policies - your law firm is often the most trusted advisor to companies and insurers alike when an incident occurs. This award recognizes a law firm that has been unparalleled in its work within the cyber insurance space in 2016.

Cyber Risk Broking Team of the Year

This award recognizes the efforts of a dedicated, innovative broking team that has worked tirelessly in the past year to expand understanding of cyber risk insurance in the wider marketplace. The winner will have expanded the cyber sector either by a new sales technique or initiative, investing in teams of experts, or by having the best take-up rate in the market.

Cyber Risk Insurer of the Year

The winner of this award will be an insurance company that has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to cyber through investment and entrepreneurialism, along with outstanding underwriting results.