Cyber Insurance Specialist, Vaibhavi Sarkar, Discusses Female Leadership in Cyber Insurance

It’s not often that we get to discuss female leadership in cyber insurance with our graduates, but Sarkar is a Cyber Insurance Specialist and was chosen as 1 of 50 women to be supported by the Tangible Uplift Program - Women in Cybersecurity Leadership. The goal of the Tangible Uplift Program is to train and assist 50 women across Australia in 2022 to pass the CISM written exam in order to increase their cybersecurity skills/knowledge, uplift their credibility index and marketability, and provide a pathway to obtain CISM certification. 

Q: How did you get into the Cyber Insurance Industry?                                                                 

A: I have been in the Insurance Industry for over 7 years now. From around 2017, when Cyber Insurance claims started coming in, I started developing a keen interest in the nitty-gritty of the process. After beginning to think of how to gain the vital knowledge necessary to work in cyber insurance, I did a few skill-based insurance components but was not satisfied. I was an experienced Claims professional on the lookout for a course that will give me that edge and confidence to being a Cyber Claim Consultant but could not find a suitable Specialist Cyber Insurance course.