Architecture for data-rich, regulated insurers.
Carriers, brokers, MGAs, and reinsurers run on policy administration, claims, and underwriting platforms holding decades of sensitive data. BTA designs and operates the controls that satisfy state regulators, NAIC frameworks, and cyber-insurance underwriters.
Zero Trust around claims and underwriting platforms, segmentation that contains ransomware, and detection that meets the cyber-underwriter's checklist.
What insurance operators call us about.
Insurers are both targets and underwriters of cyber risk. The bar for the insurer's own posture rises every year.
- Risk 01
NAIC and state model law obligations
NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law and state-level data-protection rules require formal information security programs with documented architecture.
- Risk 02
Ransomware exposure across legacy stacks
Policy administration and claims platforms are often layered on legacy infrastructure. Segmentation and detection have to wrap around what cannot be replaced.
- Risk 03
Cyber insurance underwriting tightening
Carriers writing cyber risk also have to pass the same questionnaires they issue. Microsegmentation, MFA, and detection coverage are now binary line items.
What BTA delivers for insurance.
Architecture, deployment, and operational governance for carriers and brokers under NAIC and state-level frameworks.
- 01
Zero Trust segmentation
Cisco Secure Workload and Architect Explorer™ wrap microsegmentation around policy admin, claims, and underwriting systems.
- 02
Ransomware containment architecture
Detection, segmentation, and recovery designed against the ransomware patterns insurers see across the book.
- 03
NAIC Model Law alignment
Architecture and documentation aligned to the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law and state implementations.
- 04
Cyber-underwriter posture readiness
Pass the questionnaires you issue. MFA coverage, EDR/XDR, segmentation, backup readiness, and IR playbooks documented and operating.
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Detection and response engineering
XDR and SIEM tuned to insurance attack patterns, including BEC, claims fraud, and broker-portal abuse.
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Compliance and policy automation
PAE automates policy lifecycle and evidence collection across the regulatory matrix.
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Vendor and stack consolidation
Rationalize multi-vendor security stacks accumulated through M&A into a single, governable policy plane.
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Mentoring and enablement
Internal IT and security teams operate the architecture on Day-2 with playbooks tied to NAIC reporting expectations.
Compliance frameworks BTA aligns to in Insurance.
Architecture, deployment, and evidence collection produced as continuous outputs of the engagement.
- NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law
- NY DFS 23 NYCRR 500
- NIST CSF
- SOC 2
- PCI DSS
- GDPR
Engagements that informed our Insurance practice.
Selected projects with measurable customer outcomes.
Financial Services Zero Trust micro-segmentation during an IT migration.
A global financial organization stood up Zero Trust and micro-segmentation during a migration to co-location facilities. InterVision and BTA partnered with Cisco to deliver the deployment.
- 70%Improvement in compliance posture
- Months → weeksPolicy analysis and enforcement timeline
- Zero TrustMicro-segmentation in production
Financial Services Network security micro-segmentation, on-prem and cloud, in 6 months.
A global financial firm faced executive pressure to modernize security following industry breaches. BTA designed and executed a Cisco Secure Workload proof of value that combined deployment, policy development, mentoring, training, and operational documentation.
- 6 monthsFull engagement, on-prem to cloud
- GranularSecurity zones from real-time traffic
- ServiceNowIntegration into existing operations
What Insurance delivers.
Concrete, customer-side results we measure to.
- ↓Ransomware blast radius across policy and claims
- AuditGrade documentation for NAIC and state regulators
- FasterDetection and incident response
- TiedArchitecture to cyber-underwriter expectations
We're architects who execute.
Three principles every BTA engagement runs on. Visible in the work itself.
We architect, deploy, and stay through Day-2.
Every engagement is end-to-end. We design the target environment, deploy it in stages, and remain on hand through the operational handoff.
We train your team to own the outcome.
Training is part of every engagement. By the close of an engagement, your operators can run, maintain, and defend the system to an auditor.
We measure success when your team runs it alone.
An engagement closes when your team is operating the solution without us in the room. SIMPLE methodology enforces this exit criterion on every project.
We meet you where you are.
Some teams want the full BTA delivery from architecture to handoff. Others bring us in for a single advisory window or a fully managed operations contract. Pick the model that fits and adjust as the business changes.
Consulting & Advisory
Strategy and senior guidance. Architecture reviews, technology assessments, and roadmap design for teams that own their own operations.
Learn moreManaged Services
BTA runs the system day to day under your governance. Monitoring, change management, escalation paths, and SLAs for teams without Day-2 capacity.
Learn moreDeployment
Implementation-only engagement. Faster than the Full Service Lifecycle when the customer team will not own operations afterwards.
Learn moreOptimization
Refresh and refine an existing environment. Performance, automation, and refactor work for platforms already in production.
Learn moreEnablement
SIMPLE-driven Quickstart programs that deliver a specific Cisco capability into production on a known timeline.
Learn moreMentoring
Capability transfer for teams adopting a new platform. Pair-programming, custom training modules, and Cisco MINT-aligned curriculum.
Learn more
Insurance, answered.
Direct answers from BTA leadership who run Insurance engagements.
Can BTA help us pass our own cyber-insurance questionnaire?
Yes. We architect, document, and operationalize the controls that underwriters expect (MFA, EDR/XDR, segmentation, backups, IR playbooks) and produce the evidence.Do you align to the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law?
Yes. Our architecture and documentation map to the NAIC Model Law and state implementations, including New York 23 NYCRR 500.Can BTA work around legacy policy administration platforms?
Yes. Microsegmentation and network-layer policy through Cisco Secure Workload protect systems that cannot tolerate endpoint changes.We just acquired another carrier. Can you integrate?
Yes. M&A integration is a defined engagement, including segmentation, identity unification, vendor rationalization, and audit alignment.Do you offer Fractional CISO for insurers?
Yes. 6 or 12-month engagements scoped against NAIC, state regulators, and cyber-underwriter expectations.
Schedule a call. We’ll scope it in 30 minutes.
Bring your hardest architecture problem. We’ll tell you what we’d do, what it costs, and how long it takes.
- 30-minute scoping call
- 1,000+ projects shipped
- Training in every engagement