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Protecting Small Businesses from Cyber Attacks: the Cybersecurity Insurance Option



The Committee on Small Business will meet for a hearing titled, “Protecting Small Businesses from Cyber Attacks: the Cybersecurity Insurance Option.” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office
Building.

The hearing will examine how cybersecurity insurance solutions can help small businesses recover from a cyber attack. Additionally, the hearing will examine the challenges small businesses face in selecting a cybersecurity insurance policy and the hurdles insurers must overcome to offer viable and comprehensive cybersecurity insurance solutions.


Attachments

1. Hearing Notice
2. Witness List
3. Hearing Memo
4. Opening Statement

Witnesses 

Mr. Robert Luft
President
SureFire Innovations
Cincinnati, Ohio
Testimony
Disclosure

Ms. Erica Davis
Senior Vice President, Head of Specialty Products Errors & Omissions
Zurich Insurance, North America
Washington, DC
*Testifying on behalf of the American Insurance Association
Testimony
Disclosure

Mr. Eric Cernak
Vice President, Cyber Risk Practice Leader
Munich Re U.S.
Hartford, CT
*Testifying on behalf of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI)
Testimony
Disclosure

Mr. Daimon Geopfert
National Leader and Principal, Security and Privacy Consulting
Risk Advisory Services
Southfield, MI 
Testimony
Disclosure