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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Also read : Top Cyber Insurance Companies. Sequoia Capital. Sequoia Capital is arguably the top VC in cybersecurity, with five decades of experience investing in some of the biggest names in IT. Honorable Mention Cybersecurity VCs.