In the aftermath of a cyber event, the most accurate and actionable risk data comes not from assessments or scans, but from the real evidence revealed through investigation and recovery efforts.
This session explores how insurance practitioners can and should leverage these insights to bridge the gap between underwriting assumptions, claims realities, and long-term cyber resilience. By analyzing validated data such as control performance, response timelines, and recovery outcomes, insurers and policyholders can turn lessons learned into measurable risk improvement.
Participants will discover how to close the feedback loop between cyber events and future risk decisions, enhancing pricing accuracy, coverage design, and overall cyber readiness.
Elissa brings a rare, insider’s clarity on what practitioners actually need to understand, what truly moves the needle, and how to separate actionable IR insights from marketing fluff. With a career spent on both sides of the table, she uniquely understands how IR evidence should inform underwriting assumptions, policy design, and systemic risk assessment.
Learning objectives
By attending this session, participants will:
- Understand how IR data provides a “ground truth” for cyber risk and claims validation.
- Explore how structured IR methodologies improve efficiency and reduce total response costs.
- Learn practical ways to feed post-incident findings back into underwriting and risk improvement.
- Recognize collaboration models that enhance resilience and accelerate recovery across the ecosystem.
Masterclass Speaker
Elissa Doroff is a globally recognized risk and insurance executive with two decades of leadership in cyber, technology, media, and professional liability. Known for her strategic vision and thought leadership, she currently serves as Director of Cyber Insurance and Legal Partnerships at Sygnia, where she bridges cybersecurity, legal, and insurance frameworks to help organizations navigate today’s complex threat landscape.
Previously, she held senior positions at Mosaic Insurance, Lockton, NFP, and AXA XL, spearheading initiatives across claims strategy, underwriting innovation, and providing strategic guidance to clients facing global cyber incidents and navigating Professional Liabilit exposures. Earlier in her career, she held pivotal roles at Marsh and AIG (Chartis), where she managed complex litigation, led E&O and cyber claims for Fortune 50 clients, and negotiated bespoke coverage solutions in emerging digital risk landscapes.
Her deep technical acumen and legal training have positioned her as a sought-after advisor to insurers, corporate leaders, and startups alike—guiding breach response, influencing underwriting policy, and shaping industry best practices.A licensed attorney and independent claims adjuster, she brings a rare combination of legal, insurance, and operational expertise to the evolving cyber and liability landscape. A frequent keynote speaker and published author, she has presented at leading industry events such as the IAPP Conference, PLUS Cyber Symposium, and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Her insights have been featured in Risk & Insurance, AM Best’s Review, and The Insurer TV.
About Sygnia
Sygnia is the foremost global incident response and cyber readiness team, applying creative approaches and battle-tested solutions to help organizations beat attackers and stay secure, continuously. With a team of deep digital combat and enterprise security specialists, Sygnia enables companies to proactively build cyber resilience and defeat attacks within their networks. At each phase of the security journey, Sygnia delivers the tailored insight, technological acumen and decisive action needed for their clients to be unstoppable in the face of cyber threats. Sygnia is a trusted advisor and service provider of technology and security teams, executives and boards of leading organizations worldwide, including Fortune 100 companies. Sygnia is a Temasek company and part of the ISTARI Collective. Learn more at sygnia.co.