# Cyber liability insurance

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: cyber insurance, cyber liability, data breach insurance, tech E&O, errors and omissions

Insurance that helps pay the costs of a data breach or cyberattack, such as investigation, customer notification, legal costs and recovery.

**For example:** A large customer requires a software startup to carry cyber liability insurance before signing a contract.

## Connects to (5)

- [Data privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy): How a company collects, uses, stores and shares information about people.
- [SOC 2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soc-2): An examination of how a service company protects customer data.
- [Zero-day vulnerability](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/zero-day-vulnerability): A security flaw that attackers know about before the software's maker has a fix, so defenders have had zero days to patch it.
- [Compliance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/compliance): Meeting the laws, regulations and standards that apply to a company.
- [Managed service provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service-provider): An outside company that runs part of another organization's technology for a monthly fee, such as its computers, network, security or help…

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