An employee is tricked: Say some of your employees are targeted in a phishing scheme, where fraudulent emails trick them into sending their login credentials to an outside individual. Depending on what information is shared or accessed, your company’s and customers’ data could be at risk.

Malware is introduced: Imagine that malware affected the computer network of a small professional services company over the weekend. On Monday, the office staff finds they’re locked out of their computers and unable to work or contact customers.

Business interruption: A company experiences a cyber breach where malware infects its computer network. The company’s IT department spends days recovering data and repairing computer systems. During this clean-up process, regular business income is lost, as the company cannot operate

Cyber Insurance may be able to help in all these scenarios.