Cyber Resilience for Private Equity
Sekhmet helps private equity firms protect investment value and accelerate portfolio performance through secure, scalable technology management.
Acquisition changes everything. Including risk.
The moment an acquisition is announced, your new investment becomes a target. Cybercriminals monitor public deal activity, regulatory filings, and news releases — launching opportunistic attacks when businesses are at their most vulnerable.
COMMON POST-ACQUISITION THREATS
Ransomware attacks exploiting transitional IT gaps
Credential theft during access handovers
Supply chain breaches from inherited vendor relationships
Compliance failures due to misaligned legacy policies
Data sovereignty issues across multi-jurisdiction portfolios
Immediate containment. Rapid baseline.
We deploy within 48 hours of deal completion to lock down inherited risk and establish a consistent, secure operational baseline.
Endpoint Protection & MFA Enforcement
Immediate deployment of endpoint detection, MFA enforcement across all users, and executive device hardening.
Access Audit & Credential Rotation
Full audit of inherited access rights, privileged account rotation, and removal of legacy shadow IT accounts.
Immutable Backup & Policy Baseline
Deploy immutable backup infrastructure, configure compliance baseline, and launch phishing awareness for new users.
Secure Operational Baseline Confirmed
Full report delivered to the deal team. Consistent, documented security posture across the newly acquired entity.
Empowering growth. Standardising security.
We don't stop at risk reduction — we help portfolio companies evolve through scalable managed services and cloud consultancy. Sekhmet standardises best practice across multiple entities, reducing complexity, costs, and cyber exposure.
Managed IT & SOC
24/7 monitored security operations across every portfolio company from a single pane of glass.
Cloud Migration
M365, Azure, and AWS migrations designed for security-first, scalable infrastructure.
Policy & Governance
ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and FCA-aligned frameworks deployed consistently portfolio-wide.
Awareness Training
Targeted security culture programmes, tailored per company, delivered at scale across the portfolio.
Protect. Empower. Evolve.
Three disciplines. One integrated strategy for PE-backed cyber resilience.
Protect
Proactive defences, threat detection, and Cyber Essentials certification — securing the foundation from day one of every acquisition.
Empower
Policy, awareness, and governance frameworks — ensuring your people and portfolio companies operate as part of the defence, not the vulnerability.
Evolve
Recovery frameworks and exit-readiness reporting — transforming cyber maturity into a documented asset that enhances valuation at exit.
Cyber maturity as a multiplier.
At exit, cyber governance is no longer a checkbox — it's a valuation lever. Buyers and their advisors now conduct rigorous cyber due diligence. Sekhmet helps you demonstrate mature, documented, and tested controls that reduce buyer risk and support a premium multiple.
EXIT-READY DELIVERABLES
Strength with intelligence. Technology with empathy.
Let's talk about what cyber resilience looks like for your portfolio. No jargon. No sales pitch. Just a conversation about protecting what you've built.