Build Cyber Resilience Across Private Equity Portfolios With CRQ
Kovrr equips private equity (PE) firms to quantify their cyber risk across the entire portfolio in financial terms. With on-demand CRQ, partners and stakeholders can instantly assess exposure levels, benchmark portfolio companies, and align cyber risk strategy with high-level investment goals. Our platform delivers actionable insights that elevate governance and strengthen portfolio value without adding operational complexity.


The Cyber Stakes for Private Equity
As cyber threats escalate in frequency and financial impact, private equity firms face mounting pressure to account for cybersecurity, not only during due diligence but throughout the full investment cycle. However, without a centralized, quantified view of the portfolio and each individual portfolio company, cyber risk remains a blind spot that threatens value creation.
Measuring PE Cyber Risk in Business Terms
Kovrr equips private equity firms with a data-driven lens for understanding cyber risk in broader business terms. Rather than relying on technical audits, firms can evaluate cyber risk exposure across their portfolios using consistent financial metrics, bringing clarity to a traditionally opaque area of risk and facilitating stronger alignment between cybersecurity actions and investment strategy.


The Value of Quantifying Cyber Risk Across Your Portfolio
With Kovrr's on-demand CRQ solution, PE firms can:
Quantify portfolios’ financial exposure to cyber risk down to any granular level, including individual scenarios.
Compare and benchmark portfolio companies based on their cyber resilience and potential loss.
Target cyber initiatives with the strongest return on risk reduction, ensuring optimized resources.
Support smarter insurance decisions, backed by actuarial modeling and portfolio-wide analysis.
Frame cybersecurity discussions for boards and LPs in terms of financial risk and portfolio value.
Use Your Risk Register to Guide Capital-Efficient Cyber Investments
Kovrr empowers PE operating teams to manage cyber risk at the fund and portfolio level using a centralized, quantified cyber risk register. Track exposure across companies, prioritize mitigation with financial metrics, and align security initiatives with enterprise value creation goals.


Cyber Risk Management for Private Equity FAQs
Schedule a DemoWhy should private equity firms care about cyber risk quantification?
In the digital age, cyber risk directly impacts portfolio value, deal timing, and cyber insurance costs. By analyzing cyber risk within a private equity portfolio in financial terms, stakeholders and partners gain a tangible understanding of their exposure, subsequently allowing them to align cybersecurity oversight with investment goals, benchmark each portfolio company's cyber capabilities, and reduce the portfolio's overall financial exposure to cyber risk in the most cost-effective way.
How does Kovrr help private equity firms quantify cyber risk?
Kovrr offers private equity firms a centralized, quantified view of their cyber risk across a diverse portfolio. The platform illuminates metrics like Average Annual Loss and highlights various types of loss exceedance curves, ensuring firms can evaluate a portfolio company's cyber risk exposure, prioritize security control upgrades, and make strategic decisions based on real-world scenarios before closing any significant deals.
Can Kovrr integrate with our due diligence or portfolio monitoring process?
Yes. Kovrr's on-demand CRQ models were built specifically for portfolio analysis in the private equity market. The platform integrates seamlessly into existing due diligence and portfolio review workflows, enabling firms to assess cyber risk exposure across portfolio companies and compare relative risk levels. With the ability to see both the individual company exposure and the aggregated view, cyber risk management initiatives are supported throughout the entire investment lifecycle.
What kind of cyber insights will our investment or ops teams get?
Kovrr's CRQ delivers hundreds of actionable insights, such as loss distribution, top risk scenarios, and cyber risk benchmarks. These financially driven outputs help frame cybersecurity discussions in tangible terms, empowering deal and ops teams to focus on the areas where risk reduction will create the greatest impact. Anyone at any level of technical expertise can utilize the platform and leverage the ensuing insights to make informed decisions.