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Cybersecurity consulting helps organizations identify, assess and manage cyber risk across people, processes and technology to protect data, systems and operations while enabling secure business growth. Companies typically need cybersecurity consulting when digital adoption accelerates, threat landscapes become more complex, regulatory requirements increase or internal security capabilities are not keeping pace with enterprise risk. Effective cybersecurity shifts security from a defensive function to a business enabler that supports innovation, resilience and trust.

Protiviti delivers cybersecurity consulting across cloud security, data protection, identity, security strategy, cyber risk quantification, managed services and cyber resilience to help organizations build integrated, end-to-end security programs. Protiviti differentiates by aligning cybersecurity directly to business strategy and enterprise risk, combining technical depth with governance, board-level reporting and operational execution. Protiviti’s team includes practitioners across security architecture, risk, identity and resilience, supported by virtual CISO capabilities and industry specialists who help clients translate risk into measurable business decisions.

Where relevant, Protiviti brings named cybersecurity leaders and cross-disciplinary experts who combine hands-on technical experience with strategic advisory insight, enabling clients to strengthen resilience, improve visibility across their security posture and scale securely with confidence.

Move beyond defense to enable innovation and growth.

Protiviti helps security leaders

 

 

Protect their organization at every layer, from systems to people

 

 

Transform cybersecurity risk into business opportunity

 

 

Strengthen data, operations and enterprise resilience

 

 

Align security programs with evolving business strategy

 

 

Enable secure growth, innovation and stakeholder trust

Proven client value

Protiviti deployed Anthropic’s Claude models through its proprietary, patent-pending Protiviti Atlas platform to bring enterprise-ready generative AI to its global workforce. In the first month, users saved 300 hours, built 20 prototypes and reached 100% adoption.

Protiviti deployed Anthropic’s Claude models through its proprietary, patent-pending Protiviti Atlas platform to bring enterprise-ready generative AI to its global workforce. In the first month, users saved 300 hours, built 20 prototypes and reached 100% adoption.

For an auto manufacturer seeking to establish a standardized vulnerability management program, Protiviti implemented a structured, repeatable process that supported long-term program maturity and risk reduction.

For an auto manufacturer seeking to establish a standardized vulnerability management program, Protiviti implemented a structured, repeatable process that supported long-term program maturity and risk reduction.

Automated FCC processes for a top UAE bank, reducing alert clearing times by 80% and saving $3.5M through AI-driven efficiencies.

Automated FCC processes for a top UAE bank, reducing alert clearing times by 80% and saving $3.5M through AI-driven efficiencies.

Protiviti helped a leading financial services company build an AI-ready security foundation by migrating to Microsoft Purview, implementing sensitivity labels for 98,000+ users, reducing 350+ DLP policies to 65 and delivering $1M+ in license savings.

Protiviti helped a leading financial services company build an AI-ready security foundation by migrating to Microsoft Purview, implementing sensitivity labels for 98,000+ users, reducing 350+ DLP policies to 65 and delivering $1M+ in license savings.

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Protiviti’s Cybersecurity Consulting Services

Cloud Security

Protiviti helps clients understand, address and actively manage the risks their organization faces to successfully operate their business in a secure cloud.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Identify and mitigate cloud-specific risks across environments 
  • Implement controls to secure data, applications and workloads 
  • Enable secure cloud adoption while supporting business priorities
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Data Protection

Protiviti helps preserve business value by protecting sensitive data while assessing and maintaining compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Protect sensitive information and maintain compliance with regulations 
  • Implement policies and controls to prevent data loss or misuse
  • Safeguard business value while enabling secure operations
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Attack and Penetration

Protiviti helps protect critical assets and data by identifying vulnerabilities and providing actionable remediation guidance. Applications, infrastructure, databases, IoT and mobile apps, whether on-premise or in the cloud, are safer with Protiviti.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Identify vulnerabilities across applications, infrastructure and devices
  • Provide actionable remediation guidance to strengthen security posture
  • Test defenses to ensure resilience against real-world attacks
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Digital Identity

Protiviti tackles identity and privileged access management from a risk management perspective, giving clients empowered and trusted users who can safely connect to sensitive resources, no matter where they are.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Manage identity and privileged access risks across your organization
  • Enable trusted, secure connections for users anytime, anywhere
  • Strengthen authentication, authorization and user access governance
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Security Program & Strategy

Protiviti helps clients understand and manage their evolving cybersecurity and privacy risks, determine organizational readiness to address them, tailor cybersecurity governance and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Assess cybersecurity readiness and evolving risks
  • Tailor governance frameworks and controls to meet business needs
  • Communicate security strategy effectively to stakeholders
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Cyber Risk Quantification

By leveraging quantitative modeling, Protiviti empowers organizations to fully understand the risks they face in ways that make sense for their business.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Quantify cybersecurity risks in business-relevant terms
  • Prioritize investments and mitigation based on measurable impact
  • Provide actionable insights to inform decision-making
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Managed Security Services

Protiviti helps clients mitigate risk and optimize processes while simultaneously sustaining business operations. Protiviti does this by applying scalable, contractual services delivered by highly skilled security resources.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Monitor and manage security operations at scale
  • Apply skilled, contractual services to reduce risk and improve efficiency
  • Sustain business operations while strengthening security posture
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Cyber Resilience

Protiviti helps clients prepare for, respond to and recover from security incidents. When incidents happen, a trusted partner like Protiviti guides you through the process to help avoid costly pitfalls and recover as quickly as possible.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Prepare your organization to respond quickly to security incidents
  • Guide recovery efforts to minimize business disruption and cost
  • Build long-term resilience across people, processes and technology
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Microsoft Solutions

Protiviti strengthens cybersecurity and resilience with Microsoft-powered solutions that protect sensitive information, reduce risk and improve visibility across the enterprise. Protiviti enhances security through integrated data protection, identity, governance and monitoring capabilities.

How Protiviti can help:

  • Protect sensitive data across Microsoft environments
  • Strengthen compliance, governance and risk management
  • Improve security visibility and enhance cyber resilience
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What sets us apart

  • Hands-on, in-person experience for global leaders to understand accountable AI in action
  • Helps organizations see, feel and explore real AI use cases and business impact
  • Designed to move from concept to clarity on what AI can unlock for your organization
  • Not just learning about AI, but experiencing it to shape future operating models

Explore the AI Studio

  • Built by business leaders with deep industry and domain expertise, not just technologists 
  • Designed to fast-track transformation, strengthen resilience and reduce time to value 
  • Helps organizations stay ahead of disruption with reusable, scalable solution components
  • 120+ proprietary AI and tech enablers to accelerate delivery and impact
  • Powered by tech-agnostic talent, BI and SI expertise and flexible delivery models

View our accelerators

  • Scalable, production-ready delivery model for building and deploying AI at speed
  • Reduces reinvention through standardized frameworks and reusable assets
  • Centralizes skills, governance, tools and capacity to enable consistent execution
  • Supports flexible delivery pods to move from ideas to deployed solutions faster
  • Enables AI to function as an operational capability, not isolated experiments
  • Focused on maximizing ROI while maintaining trust, quality and control
  • Preferred business and systems integrator for many of the world’s leading technology firms
  • Broad ecosystem of alliance partners and platforms to support every stage of transformation 
  • Helps organizations align technology decisions to business priorities and measurable outcomes 
  • Expertise across cloud, ERP, analytics, cybersecurity and modernization initiatives 
  • Supports platform upgrades, cloud optimization, security and data-driven transformation
  • Enables organizations to adapt faster, reduce complexity and scale with confidence

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Adapt, adopt and secure your digital framework

The Value Protiviti Brings — Securing Your Business, Your Way

Cybersecurity isn’t just about defense — it’s about enabling your business to grow securely. Protiviti helps connect strategy, governance and execution to protect your data, enable compliance, strengthen resiliency and transform your digital framework with confidence. By assessing risk, refining capabilities and aligning your security program with business objectives, Protiviti sets you up to make smart cybersecurity consulting investments and achieve sustained results.

What you can achieve:

  • Stay ahead of evolving threats while driving business innovation and strategic growth
  • Protect your data, assets and operations across the enterprise with a holistic security posture
  • Build resilience, trust and compliance through governance, risk management and continuous improvement

Flexible delivery options: Advisory‑led strategy development, implementation of next‑generation security platforms, on‑demand virtual CISO support and ongoing managed services tailored to your organization’s needs, all designed to adapt with your evolving risk landscape.

Key partners

Protiviti works alongside leading cybersecurity and privacy specialists to ensure clients receive solutions that are tailored to their organization’s unique needs, priorities and risk profile. Whether seeking guidance on strategy, hands-on implementation or ongoing managed services, Protiviti’s approach is designed to help clients envision value, realize it and protect it at every stage of their cybersecurity consulting journey.

By combining deep technical expertise with strategic insight, we help clients strengthen their security posture, reduce risk and enable their business to grow securely. Protiviti’s partnerships with top vendors and service providers allow us to deliver integrated, end-to-end cybersecurity consulting solutions that align with industry requirements, regulatory obligations and evolving business goals, giving clients the confidence to innovate and scale with assurance.
Microsoft
SailPoint
OneTrust
ReliaQuest
Palo Alto
okta
ping identity
Health-ISAC

Leadership

Kim Bozzella
Kim Bozzella, Global CIO Solutions Leader, is focused on advising technology executives on their most critical priorities, including technology strategy and architecture, enterprise platforms, data and analytics, operating model evolution, and IT value realization. ...
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Andrew Retrum
Andrew Retrum is a Managing Director within Protiviti’s Technology Consulting Practice and the Global Technology Risk & Resilience Practice Lead. Andrew assists our clients in navigating an ever-evolving risk landscape, managing cyber and evolving technology risks ...
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Chip Wolford
Chip is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s Technology Consulting practice focusing on Data Security & Privacy. He presently leads Protiviti’s Data Security practice and focuses on Payment Card Industry and Healthcare Information Security as well as supporting ...
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Ryan P. McCarthy
Ryan P. McCarthy, Managing Director, CISO Solutions, brings more than 18 years of experience in cybersecurity across all domains but specializes in vulnerability management and assurance activities. He has significant experience leading large teams to solve complex ...
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Frequently Asked Questions

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How can a cybersecurity consultant help an organization reduce cyber threats and strengthen its security posture?

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Protiviti helps organizations reduce cyber threats by assessing vulnerabilities, strengthening security strategies and implementing protective measures. Our cybersecurity consultants help prevent breaches, protect sensitive data and reduce risk while strengthening the organization’s overall security posture.

How do I choose a cybersecurity consultant?

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When choosing a cybersecurity consultant, look for relevant expertise, industry experience and a proven approach to managing cyber risk. Protiviti brings experience across threat assessment, compliance and cybersecurity strategy, helping organizations align security priorities with their broader business goals.

What services do cybersecurity consulting firms offer?

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Protiviti provides cybersecurity consulting across the full risk lifecycle, from identifying vulnerabilities and evaluating security controls to preparing for incidents and meeting regulatory requirements. Our services also include security monitoring, threat intelligence and employee training to help organizations stay ahead of evolving threats.

How does cybersecurity consulting integrate into broader business transformation initiatives?

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Protiviti helps organizations build security, privacy and resilience into business transformation initiatives from the start, whether they’re pursuing cloud migrations, digital product launches, mergers or process redesigns. By aligning cybersecurity with business goals, organizations can innovate and transform with greater confidence.

What makes an effective cybersecurity consulting engagement for ongoing risk management?

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Protiviti helps organizations move beyond one-time security fixes by building governance, metrics and continuous monitoring capabilities that evolve with the threat landscape. Through strategy, implementation and managed support, we help organizations maintain visibility into emerging risks, respond effectively to incidents and keep security aligned with business priorities over time.

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