Cyber insurance isn't a checkbox anymore. Carriers now require specific security controls before they'll quote you, and they verify - a false attestation can void a claim when you need it most. Knowing what they want, and being able to prove it, gets you coverage at better terms.
Book a 15-minute review →What carriers ask for: multifactor authentication (especially for email, remote access, and privileged accounts), endpoint detection and response (EDR), tested backups, email security, network monitoring, and an incident response plan. These have become baseline - many carriers won't quote without MFA and EDR at all.
Why honesty on the application matters enormously: cyber insurance applications are attestations. If you claim controls you don't have and later file a claim, the carrier can deny it or rescind the policy for misrepresentation. The controls you attest to must actually be operating - which means you need evidence, not optimism.
How good evidence helps: carriers increasingly reward demonstrable security posture with better rates and higher limits. An organization that can show continuous monitoring, EDR coverage, and MFA enforcement is a better risk - and gets treated like one.
MDRwatchdog gives you the evidenced control record carriers want: continuous monitoring, EDR, MFA enforcement, and incident readiness, documented and current - so you attest honestly, get better terms, and don't discover a coverage gap during a claim. The same record answers compliance frameworks too. Readiness and evidence, not insurance or legal advice.
Typically MFA (especially for email, remote, and privileged access), EDR, tested backups, email security, monitoring, and an incident response plan. Many carriers won't quote without MFA and EDR.
Yes. Cyber insurance applications are attestations - if you claim controls you don't have, a carrier can deny a claim or rescind the policy for misrepresentation. Attested controls must actually operate.
Often. Carriers increasingly reward demonstrable posture - continuous monitoring, EDR, enforced MFA - with better rates and higher limits.
MDRwatchdog provides security monitoring and compliance evidence to support readiness. It is not a certification and not legal advice. Certification and formal audits are performed by the appropriate authorized bodies (a C3PAO for CMMC, a licensed CPA firm for SOC 2, an accredited body for ISO 27001).