PRIVATE EQUITY
Securing private equity with Zscaler
Corporations around the globe are dealing with sophisticated cyberattacks involving nation-states and organized cybercrime syndicates. Recent studies have shown that cybercriminals can penetrate 93% of company networks, often in just two days.
Data breaches and ransomware attacks on public companies tend to attract more attention, but the risks are just as great for private equity firms, which many bad actors regard as ”target-rich zones.” What’s more, PE firms are not the only ones at risk: their portfolio companies, often mid-market and less cyber-sophisticated, are also frequent targets.
As the threat landscape evolves, PE firms and leaders need to be more deeply engaged and involved in the cyber resiliency of internal operations, portfolio companies, and transactions. To preserve and create value, it is critical to understand the nature of today’s cybersecurity threats and essential risk management measures.
Zscaler helps private equity firms and portfolio companies by
Mitigating and controlling cyber risk with a turnkey, cloud native security as a service solution
Increasing cyber resiliency to better detect, prevent, and respond to cyberthreats
Improving EBITDA and digital value creation by consolidating disparate point solutions to simplify network and security stacks
Accelerating time to value for platform, add-on, and carve-out transactions with rapid integration to achieve scale and time to market
PE firms face new risks
- Financial services are 300x more likely to be attacked than other industries
- 68% of business leaders believe their companies’ cyber risks are growing
- 92% of US businesses have seen cyberthreats grow with increased WFH
- Data breaches now cost an average $3.86 million globally—$8.64 million in the US
Zscaler is the clear strategic choice for private equity firms
85%
reduction in your exploitable attack surface
50%
reduction in time to value during add-ons/tuck-ins
30-50%
reduction in legacy network and security infrastructure
70%
reduction in operational complexity via cloud native security as a service
Private equity engagement roadmap
Assess
Assess
Identify core PE firm/ PortCo assets to protect
Secure
Secure
Deploy Zscaler to secure your environment/enable integration
Enhance
Enhance
Boost the security and cyber maturity of PE firms and PortCo
Innovate
Innovate
Identify value creation opportunities and drivers
We work with 6 of the top 10 global private equity firms to
Modernize and accelerate secure transformation journeys
Protect their most critical assets—employees and investors
Enable their workforce to focus on deal value vs. operations
Identify value creation and optimization opportunities
We also work with hundreds of PE-backed PortCos to:
Rapidly integrate tuck-ins and add-ons to accelerate time to value
Protect and preserve deal value by securing PortCo environments
Optimize and simplify PortCo network and infrastructure landscapes
Position PortCos for smooth eventual exit with modernized security infrastructure
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