Before your cyber insurance renewal

Learn the 3 controls that decide most cyber insurance renewals, and the evidence underwriters want.

Cyber insurance used to be a form. It is now an assessment. Underwriters have replaced tick-box applications with technical questionnaires, they ask for evidence rather than assurances, and many scan your perimeter before quoting.

Your premium is priced off what the insurer can see and verify.

What you get

The three pass-or-fail controls that decide most renewals, and the evidence to have ready
What else is on the questionnaire now
A ninety-day plan to work through before your renewal date

An answer given to secure cover that would not survive a claim investigation is a problem at the worst possible moment.

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Prepared by Ilya Polyakov, principal of IronGate IT Consulting. Formerly Chief Security Architect at NSW Government, Executive Manager of Cyber Architecture at CBA, and security advisory at APRA. General information only, current as at August 2026, and not legal advice.