Private Equity Firms Gain Enhanced Cyber Due Diligence and Portfolio Assessments with New Tool from BlackSwan Cyber [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BlackSwan Cyber, a leading M&A Cybersecurity Advisor, has announced the release of its Cyber Maturity Assessment Platform. This tool is designed to enable private equity firms to improve their approach to cyber due diligence and portfolio cybersecurity management.

The Cyber Maturity Assessment Platform, also referred to as CyMAP, was built on BlackSwan’s proven Cyber Threat Due Diligence Framework. CyMAP empowers private equity firms to perform cybersecurity assessments on both potential acquisitions and existing portfolio companies.

Peter White, Managing Partner at BlackSwan Cyber, states, “In today’s environment of heightened regulatory oversight and investor scrutiny, cybersecurity poses a significant risk for private equity firms. Traditional methods of managing these risks are becoming inadequate. Manual assessments by third parties, while thorough, are costly and time-intensive, often reaching into the low to mid five-figure range per assessment. This makes scaling across …