KPMG Powered Enterprise Cyber

A modern approach to SecOps should serve as a foundation for today’s cybersecurity programs and the need to remain current in a new era of constant change and soaring threats. Cybersecurity should provide a protective arm around the day-to-day operations of your business. And beyond enhancing your approach to risk, modern cybersecurity can bring a strong competitive advantage.

Powered Cyber solution offers these advantages:

• End-to-end views of Security, IT and Governance, Risk and Compliance. Drive end-to-end risk-management processes across the organization through automated security control testing and enhanced reporting of risk and compliance posture.
• Faster, integrated and standardized responses. Know at all times who does what, why and how. Identify the skills, roles and responsibilities your business requires to help optimize security and keep it evolving.
• An accurate view of your current security position. A shared service center, centers of excellence and outsourcing operating models work to help optimize service delivery.

While the importance of SecOps is increasingly well understood, Identity Access Management (IAM) has always been a critical component that businesses need to keep in sharp focus as threats increase. Effectively managing access across many applications and systems – both from the viewpoint of the internal enterprise and external consumers – is a significant challenge.

When it comes to IAM, it’s crucial to understand who’s accessing different systems and why. Getting it right provides the first line of cyber defense. Getting it wrong opens the door to potential attacks and chaos. Powered Cyber offers these advantages through a modern approach to IAM:  

• Control of user access to applications, systems and sensitive data. We help you manage user access across the business, gaining efficiencies through policy-driven access control rules, both on-premise and in the cloud.
• Significantly reducing the risk of ‘insider threat’ by applying the ‘least privilege’ principle.
• Improved quality and effectiveness of reporting and analytics to support informed decision making.
• Real-time user access data to Risk and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, reducing the risk of systemic malicious activity.
• Automates processes to enhance efficiency and reduce reliance on IT – e.g., access requests, lifecycle management events, certification campaigns, password management and more.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) enables organizations to implement controls to mitigate the impact of security breaches against internal and external threats.

Organizations have long struggled with identifying, protecting and controlling privileged access across their entire IT infrastructure. With the accelerated adoption of cloud and other digital-transformation initiatives, combined with a remote workforce and growing cyber threats, it is critical for organizations to enforce strong privileged access management controls on the most critical assets and datasets.
Our message to clients in today’s complex environment is simple but significant­: ‘Secure your crown jewels.’ Powered Cyber offers these advantages:

• A pre-built target operating model featuring templates and frameworks for governance, security and communication to drive rapid PAM transformation amid change and evolving regulatory environments.
• Standards-based integration allowing for rapid adoption of services, plus accelerated time-to-value, replacement of tactical processes and diagnostics to drive better predictability of ROI.
• Decreased risk of data loss, IP theft, insider threat and costly business disruption.
• The capability to integrate with on-premise and cloud applications and systems, plus automated processes to reduce reliance on the IT team for privileged access requests, certification campaigns and privileged password management.

Data Privacy is a key challenge for many businesses today as regulators globally tighten their focus and scrutiny around appropriate data protection and handling practices by businesses. Organizations need to establish key processes that not only meet the letter of the law but also foster a culture of privacy to help consistently meet the spirit of the regulations. There’s an increasing challenge to operationalize privacy processes amid today’s complex privacy landscape. Business leaders should be asking their privacy professionals key questions that include:

• How can we best manage data privacy risk across our organization?
• How can we identify privacy compliance gaps?
• How can we identify, organize and manage personal data across the organization?
• How should we conduct personal data cross-border transfers?
• How can we respond to a regulatory ruling?
• How can we identify and respond to personal data breaches?

Powered Cyber is helping to provide the answers to leading businesses by delivering a set of modern solutions designed to manage privacy risk for a new era.

KPMG can help you achieve: 

• Implementation of leading privacy practices and processes, tested technology solutions, and a next-generation delivery framework.
• The ability to overcome key challenges associated with complex global privacy program transformation.
• Enhanced transparency by acting as a repository for key project decisions, requirements, deliverables, and all other project work.
• Improved outcomes and reduced project risk when implementing data privacy processes.
• Predefined KPIs and privacy operational governance in line with leading practices to accelerate program maturity.
• Automated processes to reduce manual reliance on standardized processes, such as DSR fulfillment or PIA completion, and  allow for better traceability and reporting of completion toward internal metrics and external / regulatory reporting.