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Cyber Insurance

Cyber insurance: what a policy covers and on what basis, its main exclusions and conditions, India's cyber and data-protection rules, how a cyber claim is handled, and illustrative scenarios.

5 lessonsFact-checked 8 October 2026
  1. 01Cyber Insurance CoverageWhat a cyber insurance policy covers: the split between first-party and third-party covers, the claims-made basis, how fines and penalties are treated, and why the kind of data involved matters.
  2. 02Key ExclusionsThe main exclusions and conditions in a cyber policy: social engineering fraud, minimum security standards, physical damage and bodily injury, and prior known events, and how endorsements can change the position.
  3. 03Indian Cyber Risk LandscapeThe legal setting for cyber risk in India: the IT Act and section 43A, CERT-In's six-hour reporting direction, the phased DPDP Act, 2023 with its penalties and Board, and sector rules including IRDAI's.
  4. 04Cyber Claims ProcessHow a cyber claim runs from discovery to settlement: notifying the insurer, incident response and forensics, preserving evidence, regulatory reporting, the business interruption waiting period, and subrogation.
  5. 05Cyber Insurance Case StudiesThree illustrative scenarios, an insider taking data, an attack through a trusted vendor and a claim larger than the policy limit, used to show what a cyber policy responds to and where it stops.

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