Innovation intelligence brief
Innovation intelligence brief
Brings together data science, cybersecurity and economics in a unique analytics plaform that quantifies the financial impact of cyber risk.
What became of it
Completed · High confidence · Last verified 2026-10-17
As catalogued
A cyber risk analytics platform combining data science, cybersecurity and economics to express cyber exposure as financial loss. It was one of the first tools to let insurers price and manage cyber accumulation risk quantitatively.
2026 reality
Guidewire markets Cyence as its cyber risk analytics product for cyber insurers, reinsurers, brokers and MGAs. It scores individual companies on 40+ exposure signals and breach/ransomware likelihood, and provides portfolio KPIs, accumulation analysis, catastrophe scenario modelling and modelled loss estimates for pricing.
Acquired by Guidewire in 2017 and kept as a named product within Guidewire's analytics portfolio. The cyber-only focus and underwriting/portfolio use cases remain substantially intact.
Cyence remains one of a handful of established cyber catastrophe and underwriting models. Its distribution benefits from Guidewire's P&C core customer base.
Third taxonomy
REVIEW · Verified the closing (2017-11-01, ~USD 275m) via Guidewire's SEC filings and the 2026 Cyence product page; added a regulatory source and closing milestone.
Documented evidence
Services
Homepage 2019
Benefits
Research interpretation
Classification paths, as catalogued, connect this example to the original insurance digitalization research models.