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title: "Cyber Insurance vs. Tech E&O: What’s the Difference?"
description: "Cyber insurance addresses security and privacy incidents; technology E&O addresses certain client financial losses from technology products or services."
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# Cyber Insurance vs. Tech E&O: What’s the Difference?

Cyber insurance addresses security and privacy incidents; technology E&O addresses certain client financial losses from technology products or services.

Cyber insurance addresses security and privacy incidents; technology E&O addresses certain client financial losses from technology products or services. One policy may combine both, but the forms differ. FTC guidance describes cyber first-party breach costs and third-party liability following cyber incidents. Chubb describes its DigiTech product as combining cyber exposures with technology E&O for financial injury to third parties arising from products and services. That is one insurer’s product design, not a standard form shared by all carriers.

A software company may need to examine both a security failure and a service error, such as a missed specification that causes client loss. Review each policy’s covered acts, cyber event definitions, professional-services wording, exclusions, defense costs, and claim-made reporting terms. Ask whether one policy’s exclusions leave a gap when the same allegation involves both a service error and a breach.

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## Related Coverage

- [Cyber liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/cyber)
- [Technology errors and omissions (E&O)](https://spot.insure/coverage/technology-errors-omissions)

## Sources

1. [Cyber Insurance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/cyber-insurance). Federal Trade Commission; What Should Your Cyber Insurance Policy Cover; First-Party Coverage; Third-Party Coverage. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [CyberEdge specimen policy](https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/business/cyber/cyberedge-wording-sample-specimen-form.pdf). AIG; General Terms §§4–6, PDF pp.3–6; Security and Privacy §§1–3, PDF pp.11, 14–18; Event Management §§1–2, PDF pp.19–20. Accessed 2026-09-25.
3. [Cyber insurance coverage & products](https://www.chubb.com/us-en/business-insurance/products/cyber-insurance/cyber-insurance-products.html). Chubb; Cyber insurance coverage; First party coverage; Third-party liability coverage; Cyber crime (by endorsement); Products and services. Accessed 2026-09-25.

More answers: [Cyber Insurance FAQ](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/cyber).

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