Portfolio Cybersecurity Advisory
We provide cybersecurity leadership and advisory support to private equity firms and their portfolio companies—designing and executing consistent, scalable, and cost-efficient cybersecurity strategies that protect enterprise value and minimize cyber risk across the portfolio.
Value Drivers
Portfolio-Wide
Risk Reduction
Centralized security strategies and frameworks significantly reduce cyberattack exposure across all portfolio companies.
Cost Efficiency &
Scale Leverage
Standardized tools, processes, and providers reduce duplication and lower costs—while giving all portfolio companies access to enterprise-grade cybersecurity.
Regulatory Compliance & Governance
Consistent adherence to data privacy and industry-specific regulations helps avoid legal liabilities and reputational risk.
Investor &
LP Confidence
A unified cybersecurity posture demonstrates disciplined risk management and institutional maturity—critical for M&A readiness and investor reporting.
Key Areas of Focus
- Define and deploy a common cybersecurity strategy aligned to the firm’s risk tolerance and investment thesis.
- Establish governance frameworks across all portfolio companies to ensure security accountability and executive oversight.
- Conduct consistent cyber assessments across the portfolio to identify gaps, vulnerabilities, and emerging threats.
- Implement shared security operations and continuous threat monitoring platforms (e.g., MDR, SIEM, EDR) for 24/7 protection.
- Ensure compliance with global and sector-specific regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, NYDFS) across all entities.
- Regularly update controls to meet evolving standards, minimizing legal exposure and maintaining audit-readiness.
- Provide PE sponsors and portfolio executives with real-time visibility into the cyber health of each company.
- Track and report on KPIs (e.g., risk scores, remediation rates) to inform investment and response decisions.
ValueBridge
Our Portfolio Cybersecurity Advisory Services unify fragmented security practices into a scalable, proactive defense posture that safeguards your entire investment ecosystem. By standardizing strategy, governance, and tools across the portfolio, we help you reduce risk, avoid costly incidents, and strengthen IT maturity—all while improving cost efficiency. We enable sponsors to drive value creation by turning cybersecurity into a strategic advantage—enhancing resilience, supporting compliance, and preserving enterprise value at every stage of the investment lifecycle.
ValueBridge
Our Portfolio Cybersecurity Advisory Services unify fragmented security practices into a scalable, proactive defense posture that safeguards your entire investment ecosystem. By standardizing strategy, governance, and tools across the portfolio, we help you reduce risk, avoid costly incidents, and strengthen IT maturity—all while improving cost efficiency. We enable sponsors to drive value creation by turning cybersecurity into a strategic advantage—enhancing resilience, supporting compliance, and preserving enterprise value at every stage of the investment lifecycle.
“Performance Improvement Partners consistently provides us with IT experts and practitioners who contribute to our team in meaningful ways. Management and consultants listen to our needs, identify the root cause of challenges, and deliver practical solutions that have a significant impact on the business.”
“Since 2003, PIP has provided us with sophisticated solutions that support the unique technology needs of our Private Equity Firm. At the same time, they make the complex simple – particularly for our portfolio companies — breaking implementation down into manageable parts. PIP is our go-to technology partner thanks to their ability to listen, understand, and consistently create solutions that act in the best interest of both our firm and our portfolio companies.”
“My 10 years of partnership with Performance Improvement Partners has led to significant value creation across our portfolio. Their approach is both sophisticated and pragmatic, resulting in over a dozen successful enterprise system implementations. Our portfolio companies have nothing but good things to say about PIP, which we too have witnessed in their strong operational and technical expertise.”
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