Why Overpay for Fragmented Cybersecurity?
Start Investing Like a Portfolio
PE.Digital™ brings unified cybersecurity maturity to your portfolio through a single managed program—with 20–30% achievable cost savings, consolidated visibility, and exit-ready compliance tracking from day one.
The PE.Digital™ Advantage
Four outcomes every GP should expect from a managed cyber program built for private equity.
20-30%
Cost Savings
Average aggregate savings vs. fragmented multi-vendor buying.
One
Consolidated View
Unified dashboard and reporting across every PortCo.
QBR
Vendor Alignment
All vendors coordinated through one quarterly business review.
Exit Ready
Auditable Evidence
Continuous audit trails and compliance tracking built for due diligence.
Are You Missing an Opportunity?
Portfolio Blind Spots
Most PortCos operate with limited internal security resources. Gaps accumulate quietly — and surface at the worst possible moments, often during an exit process.
Deal Risk On Exits
Cybersecurity posture is now standard due diligence for acquirers. Unresolved findings delay exits, reduce valuations, and complicate negotiations at close.
Lack of Leverage
Off-the-shelf security tools weren't built for PE. GPs rarely have portfolio-level visibility — and pay full retail pricing for every vendor across every company.
Fragmented Buying vs. Managed Outcomes
The difference isn't just cost — it's the quality and consistency of what you get across your entire portfolio.
| Factor | Without PE.Digital™ | With PE.Digital™ |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing Model | Individual vendor contracts per PortCo. | Portfolio-wide fixed pricing with volume tiers. |
| Reporting | Siloed, each vendor reports separately. | Single unified dashboard across PortCo's. |
| Compliance Evidence | Inconsistent, hard to produce at exit. | Continuous, standardized, audit-ready. |
| Vendor Management | Multiple relationships w/ separate QBRs. | Single POC, existing vendors included. |
| Security Standards | Inconsistent application across PortCo's. | Common baseline applied across PortCo's. |
| Cost Efficiency | Full retail pricing per vendor, per PortCo. | 20-30% or more aggregate savings. |
Is Your Spending Optimized?
The Hidden Costs
Most PE firms procure cybersecurity company by company, vendor by vendor. Each portfolio company negotiates its own contracts, manages its own vendors, and produces its own reports — in isolation from the rest of the portfolio.The result is predictable: inconsistent security security standards, limited portfolio-level visibility, compliance gaps that surface at the worst possible times, and combined spend that is 20-30% higher thatn it needs to be.This is the fragmented buying problem — and it's one of the most overlooked sources of value leakage in private equity today.
Example Cost Savings Breakdown
Every portfolio is different. Here's what aggregated annual savings could look like across three example PE firm holdings.
| PE Holdings | Current Yearly Total Spend* | PE.Digital™ Yearly Total Savings* |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Small PortCo's | ~$620,000 USD | ~$124,000 - $186,000 USD |
| 10 Midsize PortCo's | ~$1,800,000 USD | ~$360,000 - $540,000 USD |
| 15 Large PortCo's | ~$5,400,000 USD | ~$1,080,000 - $1,620,000 USD |
(Note: Small PortCo = 50-250 employees; Midsize PortCo = 250-1,000 employees; Large PortCo = 1,000+ employees)*Savings estimates based on average market pricing for security services procured individually vs. through a standardized portfolio program. Actual savings will vary based on existing contracts, PortCo profiles and selected PE.Digital™ package.
How Does It Work?
Fast Engagement. Zero Disruption.
PE.Digital™ is not a rip-and-replace play. Keep your existing suppliers and relationships — we bring everything together into one program.
What You Keep
Existing security vendor contracts
PortCo security vendor relationships
Current security tool implementation
What You Gain
Single pane of glass across all security vendors
Recurring quarterly business reviews
Risk and compliance tracking across all PortCo's
Exit-ready remediation and audit evidence
Standard Packages. Predictable Pricing.
PE.Digital™ offers three standardized, managed outcome packages, with fixed ceiling and per-offer pricing by PortCo size. No hidden variable costs. No per-incident surprises. One predictable program fee delivered at portfolio scale.
Foundation
PE.Digital™ Guardian
Baseline security risk assessment
Monthly vulnerability scanning
Semi-annual penetration testing
Remediation roadmap
Executive risk dashboard
Quarterly reporting
Fixed ceiling pricing by PortCo size
Outcome:
A clear, consistent security baseline across every PortCo, with unified, consistent reporting to the GP.
Growth
PE.Digital™ Guardian Plus
All Guardian services, plus
GRC program implementation
Compliance lifecycle management
Compliance gap assessment
Third-party risk assessment
Incident response planning
Fixed ceiling pricing by PortCo size
Outcome:
PortCo's that are audit-ready, compliance-tracked, and positioned for accelerated exit timelines.
Continuous Protection
PE.Digital™ Sentinel
SOC / SIEM
MDR / XDR
Managed NGFW & WAAP
Managed public / private cloud
Managed email security
DR and backup services
Per-offer pricing by PortCo size
Outcome:
Always-on protection and enterprise grade security delivered with portfolio-wide economies of scale.
How Do We Get Started?
Start With One. Scale Across the Portfolio.
Contact us today and we'll schedule an introduction to learn more about your firm's needs and priorities.We typically recommend an initial single PortCo baseline security evaluation — we'll show you exactly where things stand.Your journey toward unified, repeatable, cost-effective cybersecurity across your portfolio starts here!
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