M&A and Divestitures
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 get more attention, but the risks are just as great for private equity firms. Their portfolio companies—often mid-market and less cyber-sophisticated—are also frequent targets.
PE firms and leaders need to be deeply engaged in the cyber resiliency of internal operations, portfolio companies, and transactions. Understanding today’s threats and essential risk management measures is critical to preserve and create value.
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
Private equity engagement roadmap
01
Assess
Identify core PE firm/PortCo assets to protect
02
Secure
Deploy Zscaler to secure your environment/enable integration
03
Enhance
Boost the security and cyber maturity of PE firms and PortCo
04
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 portfolio companies to:
Integrate
Rapidly integrate tuck-ins and add-ons to accelerate time to value
Protect
Protect and preserve deal value by securing PortCo environments
Optimize
Optimize and simplify PortCo network and infrastructure landscape
Position
Position PortCos for smooth eventual exit with modernized security infrastructure
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