The exploit window has collapsed. Cyber cover has to keep pace.
87%
of one-day vulnerabilities an AI agent exploited autonomously — given the public CVE
Fang / Kang et al., 2024
~5 days
median time from disclosure to exploitation — trending toward zero
Mandiant M-Trends 2025
+263%
more CVEs than 2020 — about 130 new every day
CVE / NVD
3,332
record data breaches in 2025 — +79% in five years
ITRC 2025
Frontier and agentic AI now find flaws and write working exploits on their own — faster than enterprises can patch, and the curve gets steeper.
Most cyber cover is priced on assumptions.
$4.44M
average breach cost (IBM, 2025)
48,000+
new CVEs each year (NVD, 2025)
10–100×
risk variance across similar profiles
40%+
of claims denied on weak evidence
Buyers don’t know what they own in risk. Boards see a spreadsheet of CVEs — not dollars.
Asset inventory is fragmented
Critical systems, owners and business context are spread across multiple systems.
Sensitive-data classification is noisy
Tools generate large numbers of false positives, especially across unstructured files, folders, documents and PDFs.
Risk decisions lack business context
CVSS scores alone don’t show which exposure could create material loss.
Cyber coverage starts with better evidence.
Sternwake packages exposure, controls and market context so carriers can underwrite the risk you actually present.
One number, mapped to every seat at the table.
CISO / CIO
Prioritise what truly matters, cut remediation noise, and defend every remediation decision.
CRO / Risk
Quantified risk appetite, cleaner board reporting and regulatory defensibility.
CUO / Head of Cyber
Faster, more accurate pricing, a better hit ratio and a lower combined ratio.
Compliance / DPO
Evidence once, reuse everywhere — audit-ready for NAIC, HIPAA and NYDFS.
Board / Audit committee
Dollar-and-board language, attestation on demand and far fewer surprises.
