IT and cybersecurity for Insurance

You are held to WA OIC data-security; GLBA-adjacent – and, like most firms your size, you are expected to meet it without anyone in-house whose job it is to own it. We run the IT and the security program so the obligation is actually covered, not just acknowledged.

Where we usually start: Cyber-renewal hook.

If this sounds familiar

“If we get hit, I’m not sure we’d survive it – and I can’t tell you how exposed we actually are.”

The principal knows the agency holds clients’ Social Security numbers, financials, and health information, has seen peers like Insurance Office of America breached through a single phishing email, and has no clear picture of whether the firm’s defenses are adequate or where the gaps are.

“My cyber insurance renewal turned into an interrogation, and I don’t even know if my answers are true.”

Underwriters now demand MFA everywhere, endpoint detection, tested backups, an incident-response plan, and proof of staff training. The owner is signing attestations they can’t fully verify, knowing a wrong answer can void coverage or spike the premium.

“We sell trust. One breach notification letter to our clients and our reputation is gone.”

For a relationship business, the strategic fear isn’t the IT cleanup cost – it’s the client and carrier confidence that evaporates the moment they have to disclose an incident, and the producers and books of business that walk out the door behind it.

Who this is for

Typical size: 15–120 employees, revenue $3M–$30M. If that is roughly you, the rest of this page will land.

What working with us looks like

A named team that knows your stack, monitoring and patching that happens whether or not anyone chases it, and a written security program kept current – with the evidence to back it up when a client, an auditor or an insurer asks. We report to the President + Ops Director, not to a ticket queue.

Talk to us

Call 206-850-1496 or email mhasse@itwerx.net and we will set up a short call – no audit, no pitch deck, just a conversation about what you have and what is worrying you.