Your quarterly compliance audit uncovers a critical vulnerability in your quote form plugin that’s been exposing customer data for weeks. What started as a routine review suddenly becomes a potential GLBA violation, complete with regulatory scrutiny and remediation costs that could impact your business for years.
The Unique Digital Risks Facing Insurance Companies
Insurance websites handle sensitive personal information, facilitate financial transactions, and serve as critical touchpoints for policyholder relationships. This combination makes them high-value targets for sophisticated attacks.
Formjacking attacks have become especially problematic for insurance sites. Cybercriminals inject malicious code into quote forms and policy portals, harvesting customer information without disrupting the user experience. Customers complete applications believing their data is secure while their information gets stolen in real-time.
Redirect malware presents another growing threat. Attackers compromise insurance websites to redirect visitors to phishing sites designed to steal credentials. These attacks are particularly damaging because they exploit the trust customers place in established insurance brands.
Why Generic Security Solutions Miss the Mark
Traditional web security tools operate on an alert-based model that’s misaligned with insurance industry needs. When vulnerabilities are detected, these tools send notifications but leave remediation to your internal team. For insurance companies managing complex compliance requirements, this reactive approach creates unacceptable risk exposure.
The insurance industry’s reliance on CMS platforms like WordPress adds complexity. Plugins power everything from quote calculators to agent portals, but each represents a potential entry point for attackers. Most security solutions focus on perimeter protection while ignoring plugin-level vulnerabilities where many attacks originate.
Compliance requirements add another dimension. GLBA, NAIC guidelines, and SOC 2 controls have specific requirements for protecting customer information. Generic security tools rarely provide the documentation or remediation approaches needed to support these frameworks.
Compliance-First Security Architecture
OwlEye’s approach to insurance website security starts with understanding the regulatory environment. Rather than treating compliance as an afterthought, our platform is designed to support GLBA, NAIC, and SOC 2 requirements while providing comprehensive protection.
Real-Time Remediation: When vulnerabilities are detected, we implement fixes immediately rather than just sending alerts. This eliminates exposure windows and reduces both cyber risk and compliance risk.
Audit-Ready Documentation: We automatically generate reporting needed for compliance audits, including detailed logs of security incidents, remediation activities, and system configurations.
Insurance-Specific Protection: We understand the unique architecture of insurance websites, from embedded quote tools to agent portals, protecting these functions without disrupting workflows.
Proactive Protection for Regulated Industries
Insurance companies operate where regulatory compliance isn’t optional and customer trust is everything. Website security strategies must provide proactive protection that prevents incidents rather than simply responding to them.
OwlEye delivers this through continuous monitoring, automated remediation, and compliance-aware security measures that align with industry requirements.
