Cyber Security Certification Program Launched to Educate Insurance Industry Leaders
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Chubb has launched the Cyber COPE Insurance Certification ProgramSM (CCIC) in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy (Heinz College). The program gives commercial agents, brokers, and wholesalers the opportunity to learn and become certified in industry best practices in cyber security risk management, governance, and operations.
The CCIC program underscores Chubb’s deep experience in cyber insurance and Heinz College’s cyber security expertise to offer a curriculum that helps agents and brokers differentiate themselves to existing and prospective clients and further empowers them to educate their clients on improving cyber security protocols. The curriculum incorporates Chubb’s Cyber COPE® underwriting methodology, which is based on a risk evaluation model universally used by property underwriters for hundreds of years.
The seven-month program consists of three residential sessions on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, a series of virtual learning modules and a capstone…