Cybersecurity Compliance for
Insurance
Meet state insurance regulatory requirements and protect policyholder data. FrameworkMapper maps your security controls against NIST CSF v2 and CIS Controls — the frameworks state insurance commissioners and the NAIC reference in cybersecurity examinations.
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Why This Matters
Insurance Is a High-Value Target
Insurers hold sensitive personal, financial, and health data — and face growing state regulatory examination pressure.
Have adopted the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law — requiring formal information security programs for insurers
NAIC adoption tracker
Insurance companies hold sensitive personal, financial, and health data making them high-value targets
Industry risk assessment
Average cost of an insurance sector data breach
Source: IBM 2023
State insurance departments are increasing cybersecurity examination activity — citing NIST CSF as the expected standard
State examination trend
Recommended Frameworks
What Insurance Organizations Should Be Using
FrameworkMapper supports all frameworks below, with insurance-tuned prioritization built in.
| Framework | Why It Applies | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NIST CSF v2 | Referenced by NAIC and state insurance regulators as the expected cybersecurity framework standard | Strongly Recommended |
| CIS Controls v8.1 | Practical technical safeguard implementation that satisfies state examination requirements | Strongly Recommended |
| HIPAA Security Rule | Required for insurers handling protected health information under health insurance lines | Conditional (health lines) |
How FrameworkMapper Helps
Tools Built for State-Regulated Insurance Organizations
Document Your Security Program for State Examiners
Map your tools against NIST CSF v2 to demonstrate a framework-aligned security program to state insurance department examiners.
Launch AggregatorFind Insurance-Appropriate Security Tools
ToolMapper surfaces tools with relevant certifications and analyst coverage appropriate for insurance industry environments.
Launch ToolMapperGenerate Documentation for NAIC Model Law Compliance
NIST CSF and CIS assessments produce reports structured around the control domains referenced in NAIC's Insurance Data Security Model Law.
View AssessmentsInsurance Priority Scoring Weights
The Universal Control Prioritization Algorithm uses seven factors, each weighted to reflect the regulatory environment and threat landscape facing insurance organizations. The emphasis shown is qualitative — the exact factor coefficients are part of the licensed UCPA methodology and aren't published.
Insurance uses the SLTT (V06) weight profile as a proxy — state regulatory environments share similar compliance pressures. A dedicated Insurance profile (V17 equivalent) is on the FrameworkMapper roadmap.
| Factor | Emphasis | What This Means |
|---|---|---|
| T Threat Relevance | Leads | Controls targeting threats to policyholder data and insurance systems score higher |
| D Dependency Score | Moderate | Foundation controls that enable others are prioritized across the security stack |
| E Effort-to-Value | Moderate | High-impact controls relative to implementation effort surface first in the remediation roadmap |
| B Blast Radius | Moderate | Controls preventing organization-wide incidents and large-scale policyholder data exposure receive a boost |
| R Regulatory Criticality | Leads | Highest weight — controls directly tied to NAIC model law and state insurance department examination requirements are prioritized first |
| C Coverage Breadth | Moderate | Controls addressing multiple attack vectors and examination domains are prioritized |
| A Asset Exposure | Light | Controls protecting policyholder data and critical insurance systems weighted accordingly |
Regulatory Criticality and Threat Relevance carry equal weight, reflecting both the state regulatory examination environment and the high value of policyholder data to attackers.
Read the Full UCPA Methodology See the Insurance Sample AssessmentInsurance Tool Trust Profile
Tools recommended for Insurance are scored against this signal profile. Customers may toggle the ○ signals on within their account; KEV cannot be disabled.
Signal Defaults
Signal point values and vertical weights are part of the scored methodology and aren't published.
NAIC Model Law 668 and NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation 23 NYCRR 500 drive insurance procurement. RAMP authorization carries a reduced weight — secondary to state insurance regulator requirements. FIPS 140 is default ON; CSA STAR is available for cloud-heavy tooling.
Read the Full Tool Trust IndexThreat-Informed Defense
Know Your Adversaries
Compliance tells you which controls to implement. FrameworkMapper's threat layer tells you who is actually attacking organizations like yours — and what they can still do.
The Threat Library
CISA-sourced profiles of the ransomware crews, nation-state actors, and insider archetypes behind real incidents — with the ATT&CK® techniques they actually use.
Threat-Gap Visualizer
Pick your industry and see kill-chain exposure against each framework's coverage — free to explore, deeper views with an account.
Incident Response Packet
For the day prevention fails: a living response plan, Responder Brief, and who-to-call playbook, generated from your assessment data.
Prefer to work with a partner?
MSSPs and consultancies on FrameworkMapper run assessments and remediation programs for organizations like yours — or bring your existing provider and link them to your account.
About the Partner Program →Ready to assess your security compliance posture?
Start with the Coverage Aggregator — free with your FrameworkMapper account — or run a full NIST CSF or CIS Controls assessment tailored for state insurance regulatory requirements.
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