In 2011, Sony's play Station Network was breached by hackers, exposing personally identifiable information (PII) of 77 million Play Station user accounts. The breach prevented users of Play Station consoles from accessin

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In 2011, Sony's play Station Network was breached by hackers, exposing personally identifiable information (PII) of 77 million Play Station user accounts. The breach prevented users of Play Station consoles from accessing the service, an outage that lasted for 23 days. Sony incurred $171 million in costs related to the breach. Portions of the costs could have been covered by a cyber-insurance policy but Sony did not have one in place. A court case ruled that Sony's insurance policy covered damage to physical property only, leaving Sony to incur the full amount of costs related to cyber damage. India's Cyber Security industry nearly doubled in size amid the pandemic with rapid digitalization. After keeping in mind the rising incidences of cyber-attacks along with a growing number of high profile data breaches, the online exposures for individuals, business organizations, offices and other establishments, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on 8th September, 2021 has issued guidance document on product structure for Cyber Insurance. Discuss the main objectives of the guidance document on product structure for Cyber Insurance.

Answer & Explanation:

The main objectives of the guidance document on product structure for Cyber Insurance are: to enable insurers to evaluate new technologies posing heightened cyber risk, identify protection gaps in the existing products and address the changing needs of market. to facilitate insurers in developing stand-alone cyber insurance products, specifically designed to address the evolving cyber risks. to provide a set of recommendations on maximum possible coverages that could be included in the cyber insurance products. to encourage insurers to adopt best practices and provide additional covers in response to customer needs. to improve the development of the cyber insurance market with new products and enhance benefits for policyholders. General insurers who have already developed some cyber insurance products with exclusive coverage for individuals to protect against cyber perils and currently offering the products that mainly focused on commercial business, may review the product structure based on the coverages advocated in the guidance document.

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