What Drives Cyber Risk? Cyber Insurers and SecurityScorecard Reveal Answers

SecurityScorecard presents correlation studies showing that its security ratings—particularly factors for Endpoint Security, Patching Cadence, and Network Security and signals like exposed SMB, malware presence, CVEs, outdated OS, and exposed remote access—strongly predict cyber insurance claims; the report recommends insurers, brokers, and enterprises incorporate ratings into underwriting, pricing, and remediation workflows and advertises free tools to access ratings.