KPMG Powered Enterprise Cyber

Today’s cybersecurity capabilities are being challenged in unprecedented ways as cyber threats soar and evolve in their potential to disrupt businesses. KPMG firms are helping organizations in every sector to tap into the power of technology to transform their cyber business function, reimaging operating models, stay ahead of threats, respond to incidents and strategically manage cyber risks.

Leading organizations are realizing the importance of modern digital strategies and are responding with them. In today’s reality, ability to anticipate cyber threats, proactively managing security vulnerabilities, effectively connecting core cyber capabilities such as Security Operations (SecOps), Identity Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Data Privacy are critical to manage risks to business continuity.

Powered Cyber is making a difference, using pre-configured cloud technologies to answer fundamental questions that demand a timely response:

Do my access management and security solutions meet the needs of my business?
Is my organization tracking and prioritizing pertinent security and risk indicators?
How do we reduce the volume of vulnerabilities identified and the overall risk to my organization?
How do I raise the visibility of the overall vulnerability risk exposure to executive leadership?
How do I prioritize the remediation of vulnerabilities identified on business-critical assets?
How can I align my application security strategy and security operations to industry standards?
How can we best manage regulatory risks related to data privacy across our organization?

Protect and transform your business

KPMG professionals understand the challenges of managing increased data complexity, the lack of process standardization and ineffective governance of service deployed for cyber programs. Our Powered Cyber offering can help organizations better respond to risk reduction requirements and regulatory expectations. Combining effective operating model with core capabilities in SecOps IAM, PAM, and Data Privacy are the foundations of a modern cybersecurity program.

Powered Cyber brings together KPMG experience in transforming these key areas with the Powered Enterprise methodology to accelerate and sustain change by actively linking cyber-security with broader risk and resiliency areas such as third party security and operational resiliency. Transformation of the cyber function focuses on helping to deliver business outcomes that combine the six layers of the KPMG Target Operating Model: functional process, people, service delivery model, technology, performance insights and data, and governance. The Target Operating Model helps businesses to change, implement leading practices, fast-track transformation and keep it all on course.

Through accelerated delivery of IAM, SecOps, PAM and Data Privacy controls and capabilities, Powered Cyber is designed to enhance business outcomes and rapidly reduce today’s proliferating cybersecurity risks. Our cyber solution is enabled by market-leading platforms, including CyberArk, ServiceNow, SailPoint, OneTrust and Okta. KPMG’s truly integrated approach offers:

A jump-start to the digital transformation of your IAM, SecOps, PAM and Data Privacy and immediate access to leading best practices.
Validated technology solutions with proven real-world usability.
Reduced implementation risks and enhanced return on investment.
High touch change management and employee experience.
A solid platform for continuing evolution and progress.
Faster, measurable and scalable outcomes for a better user experience.
Quantifiable reduction in cybersecurity risks.
Auditable and sustainable outcomes to regulators.

In the digital economy, where the rapid pace of change is accelerating, modern SecOps, IAM, PAM and Data Privacy are critical to your organization’s cyber security, business continuity and brand reputation among customers and stakeholders.

KPMG Powered Enterprise Cyber is enabled by market leading platforms, including Microsoft, Okta, SailPoint and ServiceNow.

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.

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Cyber security risks are mounting, and the cyber security function has the potential to offer more than just a defensive strategy. By transforming the cyber security function, organizations can reap benefits beyond the protective layer of the business by also safeguarding its digital assets and reputation.

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What’s in the box?

Powered Enterprise provides you with three integrated elements for transformational success. Using our tried and tested operating model, implementation suite of tools and ongoing evolution services you can choose your desired functional outcomes then make them a reality.

KPMG Target Operating Model

Knowing how your business works can be critical to success

Our knowledge of leading practice is built-in to a comprehensive design framework, so you can shape your transformation across every layer of your business.

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KPMG Powered technology

Get the best out of technology

Achieve greater value, faster and reduce risk. We’ll help you implement pre-built tools and methods that reflect leading practice and incorporate AI and advanced automation to simplify your functional transformation.

KPMG Powered Evolution

We’re on your side all the way

We provide managed services to drive consistent improvement that’s based on the latest technological innovations, helping give you a clear market advantage.

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