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title: "Does Cyber Insurance Cover Supply-Chain Attacks?"
description: "Sometimes—cyber insurance may cover a vendor-linked attack if the policy includes that dependency and the resulting breach or interruption meets its terms."
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# Does Cyber Insurance Cover Supply-Chain Attacks?

Sometimes—cyber insurance may cover a vendor-linked attack if the policy includes that dependency and the resulting breach or interruption meets its terms.

Sometimes. Cyber insurance may cover a vendor-linked attack if the policy includes that dependency and the resulting breach or interruption meets its terms. The intrusion may then produce a security breach, interruption, or loss affecting multiple organizations. FTC guidance recommends assessing cybersecurity risks from suppliers and checking vendor-held data coverage. Chubb separately describes specific terms for widespread cyber events, illustrating that aggregated events can have special limits or conditions in some products.

Check whether the form requires a direct attack on your network or also covers a provider’s compromised software or connection. Review dependent-system definitions, systemic-event endorsements, aggregation language, and any sublimit or coinsurance. Identify whether response expenses, your interruption, and claims by others each have a coverage grant. Keep an inventory of software and providers that can access business systems, then ask the insurer about named critical dependencies.

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## Related Coverage

- [Cyber liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/cyber)

## 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. [Cybersecurity for Small Business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity). Federal Trade Commission; Govern; Cyber Insurance; Common Cyberattacks: Phishing, Ransomware, Business Email Imposters; Vendor Security. Accessed 2026-09-25.
3. [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.
4. [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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