Security & Technology

In recent years, IT and security professionals have talked about information technology – and particularly information security – as a "business enabler". Today, it might also be called a "compliance enabler" as IT and security organisations are now being asked to play two pivotal roles. First, to provide a secure, well-controlled IT environment to improve business performance, and second, to assist the organisation in strategically and tactically addressing its governance, risk and compliance requirements.

Client situations

• Wanting to secure your company’s IT systems and protect your information assets.
• Needing to better align your information security initiatives to support your business objectives and compliance requirements.
• Seeking to open your IT infrastructure to employees, customers and business partners to securely conduct business.
• Wanting to know how to leverage your information security capabilities to better respond to complex breaches, reduce the risk of business disruptions and meet compliance objectives.

How PwC can help

PwC’s professionals have real-world experience in helping companies manage their IT and security risks. With our deep industry knowledge and our experience with the critical issues of security, privacy and compliance, we have the expertise to help organisations implement and maintain a secure and high-performance business infrastructure. Our solutions to provide you with a secure, well-controlled IT environment include:

Threat and vulnerability management

• Protect and secure your information assets through threat and vulnerability assessments.
• Perform 'penetration testing' to realistically test the design and effectiveness of the controls of your Internet systems, applications, remote access points, and internal networks and systems.
• Evaluate the technical and operational controls implemented within your systems and business processes against global prudent practices.
• Review a system’s security and controls at the design stage to ensure that the risks have been adequately considered and mitigated.

Integrated security management

• Assist you in proactively managing your security environment to reduce risk and meet compliance objectives through integrated security management.
• Develop governance programs to enforce policies and accountability.
• Evaluate current security capabilities, including threat management, vulnerability management, compliance management, reporting and intelligence analysis.
• Develop processes that support the ongoing maintenance, evolution and administration of security standards and policies.

Security strategy and planning solutions

• Align your information security to improve business performance through security strategy and planning solutions.
• Assess and justify existing spending, projects and capabilities against industry benchmarks'.
• Make it easier to obtain funding for security projects from corporate and business-unit management, by communicating information along multiple dimensions.
• Develop actionable security plans that allow projects to be prioritised to minimise rework and maximise value.