Private Equity Portfolio Cyber Oversight Program
Sponsors carry cyber risk across every platform and add-on they own, usually with no consistent view of it. This program gives the fund a portfolio CISO: a common baseline assessment for each company, quarterly scorecards for operating partners and LPs, pre-close cyber diligence on new deals, 100-day plans after close and incident escalation support. Priced per portfolio after scoping — the number of companies, their size and the diligence cadence drive it.
In scope
- Common cyber baseline for every portfolio company
- Quarterly portfolio scorecards and board reporting
- Pre-close cyber due diligence on new deals and add-ons
- Post-close 100-day security plans
- Incident escalation and insurer coordination
You receive
- Portfolio cyber risk dashboard
- Per-company baseline reports and roadmaps
- Diligence reports per transaction
- Quarterly operating-partner and LP briefing
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential Portfolio Oversight
Scoped
Up to 5 portfolio companies: annual baselines, semi-annual scorecards and diligence on demand
Scope Essential Portfolio OversightAdvanced Portfolio Oversight
Scoped
Up to 15 companies: quarterly scorecards, 100-day plans for new acquisitions and a named portfolio CISO
Scope Advanced Portfolio OversightEnterprise Portfolio Oversight
Scoped
Large or multi-fund portfolios: embedded team, continuous monitoring, incident response coordination and LP reporting
Scope Enterprise Portfolio OversightMembers: engagement coupons from the CISO Marketplace coupon book apply to services. There is no blanket discount.
What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a advisory & fractional leadership engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Onboarding & baseline
Current program, risks, commitments and stakeholders reviewed.
You see · Access to leadership and existing documents.
02Priorities & roadmap
A risk-ranked roadmap agreed with leadership.
You see · Decisions on priorities and budget.
03Ongoing cadence
Regular working sessions, decisions and deliverables to the agreed scope.
You see · A named advisor and a standing rhythm.
04Reporting to leadership
Board and executive reporting in business terms.
You see · Board-ready updates.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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