Cyber Insurance Control Crosswalk
Map every question on your cyber insurance application to the controls you already run under SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022 and NIST CSF 2.0.
Answer each one once, from evidence, at the standard a claims adjuster will hold you to.
Your Application Is a Warranty
An auditor who finds a gap writes an exception. An insurer who finds the same gap after a loss can argue the policy never existed. The answers on your application need to be true for the whole company on the day something goes wrong.
- Applications are stricter than audits. SOC 2 lets you define a control's scope. The application says “all” and means it.
- The most common claims sit outside your audit. Email compromise and funds transfer fraud made up 58% of claims in Coalition's 2026 report.
- Disclosed exceptions get priced. Hidden ones get rescinded. The crosswalk helps you decide which to fix and which to write down.
What's Inside
One Excel workbook, ready to fill in before your next renewal.
Crosswalk
15 control areas insurers ask about, each mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022 and NIST CSF 2.0
Strict Standard
What a claims adjuster will assume your 'yes' meant, written out for every control
Evidence Column
The exports and screenshots to keep with the application you submit
Readiness Summary
Calculates how many controls meet the strict standard and how many exceptions to disclose
Renewal Checklist
Eight steps to work through before anyone signs the declaration
Worked Example
A filled-in row showing how to record a partial answer and a disclosed exception
Crosswalk Preview
Five of the fifteen rows. The full workbook adds the evidence to keep, status tracking and the renewal checklist.
| Control area | Strict standard | SOC 2 | ISO 27001 | NIST CSF 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-factor authentication | All remote access, all mailboxes, all admin and backup-console accounts | CC6.1 | A.8.5 | PR.AA-03 |
| Backups | An immutable or offline copy admins cannot delete, restore-tested | A1.2, CC7.5 | A.8.13 | PR.DS-11 |
| Endpoint detection and response | EDR on every endpoint and server, monitored around the clock | CC6.8, CC7.2 | A.8.7, A.8.16 | DE.CM-09 |
| Incident response plan | Names the carrier's breach hotline, tabletop in the last 12 months | CC7.3-CC7.5 | A.5.24-A.5.26 | ID.IM-04, RS.MA-01 |
| Funds transfer verification | Payment changes confirmed by phone to a number already on file | Usually out of scope | A.5.14 (partial) | PR.AT-02 (partial) |
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