Marsh and Resilience Launch Cyber Protect

Insurance broking giant Marsh has partnered with cyber risk management firm Resilience to launch Cyber Protect across Asia, delivering an integrated solution that pairs tailored cyber insurance policies with continuous threat detection. Implementing a proactive cyber risk management asia strategy has become essential for regional businesses navigating an surge in generative AI-enabled attacks, ransomware exploits, and complex supply chain vulnerabilities. Available exclusively through Marsh across Asian markets (excluding mainland China), the program provides policyholders with 24/7 external threat monitoring funded directly by insurers at no additional fee to the client.

The collaborative offering directly addresses a growing gap in digital risk preparedness across the region. According to findings from Marsh’s Cyber Buyer Study, only 50 percent of organizations in Asia express confidence in their existing cyber risk mitigation strategies—representing the lowest confidence metric globally and trailing well behind the worldwide average of 72 percent. Given that nearly three out of every ten global cyber and social engineering attacks now target Asian enterprises, the Cyber Protect initiative equips corporate security teams with early warning capabilities to resolve critical vulnerabilities before they escalate into high-cost operational disruptions.

Combining Insurance Coverage with AI-Driven Threat Hunting

Cyber Protect merges Marsh's regional insurance placement and risk advisory capabilities with Resilience's proprietary Risk Operations Center (ROC). The ROC operates as an AI-powered threat-hunting platform that continuously scans an organization's internet-facing assets, searching for unpatched software exposures, misconfigured cloud gateways, dark web credential leaks, and exposed remote access points.

Unlike conventional automated scanning software that floods IT departments with hundreds of low-severity flags, Resilience’s platform filters alerts using real-time claims data. Threats are prioritized based on their direct probability of causing financial loss rather than technical severity alone. Security analysts human-validate every flagged vulnerability before transmitting step-by-step remediation guidance to the client, allowing internal security teams to focus exclusively on high-consequence exposures.

Zero-Installation Architecture Accelerates Remediation Rates

A primary operational advantage of the Cyber Protect platform is its non-intrusive footprint. The service functions entirely externally, requiring zero agent software installation, internal network access, or complex system integrations. Once an enterprise places its cyber insurance policy through Marsh and opts into the program, Resilience initiates continuous monitoring across the client's public digital attack surface immediately.

Historical performance data from Resilience indicates that organizations actively remediating ROC-identified critical vulnerabilities record 50 percent fewer insurance losses than non-participating peers. Historically, clients utilizing the platform have successfully resolved 77 percent of escalated security findings. In live deployment scenarios, the ROC platform successfully identified and provided patching protocols for live zero-day VPN exploits across more than 164 affected organizations within hours of discovery.

Strengthening Financial Resiliency Across Developing Regional Markets

Sean Letz, Cyber Leader at Marsh Asia, noted that as cyber threats accelerate across the region, traditional prevention strategies alone can no longer guarantee operational continuity. Managing modern digital exposure requires a dual approach: detecting critical vulnerabilities early to stop breaches before they occur, alongside financial risk transfer mechanisms to safeguard liquidity if an incident takes place.

Echoing this vision, Mario Vitale, President of Resilience, emphasized that Asia represents one of the world's most critical developing cyber risk markets. By providing continuous, insurance-informed threat intelligence alongside tailored policy terms, the Marsh and Resilience partnership establishes a new operational benchmark for enterprise cyber resilience across Asian commerce.

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