Cyber Insurance Considerations For Security Practitioners
Cyber practitioners will gain insight into cyber insurance preparedness and basics when it comes to coverage and claims, as well as some perks that may come along with their policies that aren't always utilized.
Brandy Vargas is the Sr. Manager of Incident Response on the eRisk team for Crum and Forster. In this role she provides cybersecurity consulting services to internal and external stakeholders during the underwriting and claims process, and serves as a resource to C&F’s insured throughout their cyber insurance policy. Brandy previously worked at Avalon Cyber, a MSSP, where she was the director of cybersecurity operations overseeing incident response, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and managed detection and response. Prior to Avalon she worked for Flowers Foods as a litigation support specialist championing the company’s legal initiatives as it related to class-action litigation, eDiscovery, digital forensics, cybersecurity, internal investigations, and corporate compliance. Brandy has a masters in the study of law degree with a focus in business law and corporate compliance from Wake Forest Law. She also holds various cyber certs, including the CISM, CCSK, Security+, ECIH, and some Microsoft cloud certs.