The cyber risk landscape is seeing a rapid expansion of sensitive data moving across interconnected networks and through millions of devices. Factors such as digital transformation, mergers and acquisitions, evolving regulatory compliance requirements, SEC cybersecurity rules and market dynamics are creating new challenges for security leaders, including how to reduce costs without increasing risks, and how to optimize the performance of existing cybersecurity investments.

Balancing agile risk strategies with cost optimization and business priorities

Cybersecurity financial management practices are evolving to support an ever-increasing need for digital optimization and transformation by increasing levels of operational speed, agility, flexibility and security. Agile security operations must be built around a set of guiding design principles that include business- and technology-related considerations such as security tool rationalization, productivity gains, strategic relevance, process optimizations, risk reduction and automation using generative AI and machine learning.

Wipro helps clients establish a baseline by assessing current cybersecurity spends against the maturity of the organization to identify cyber cost optimization opportunities. We then develop a strategic roadmap and operating model to execute, realize and measure prioritized cost optimization recommendations.

Visibility

 

Assess current cyber tools, priorities, and spending

Analysis & Strategy

 

Identify areas and levers for cyber cost optimization

Implementation

 

Develop and apply a cyber model for optimized cost and risk control.

4 key cost optimization strategies


1. Cybersecurity Operating Model

A risk-based, agile approach enables collaboration, implementation, and continuous improvement. It includes controls, metrics, accountability, governance, and control frameworks.

2. Tools Rationalization

Assess technology investments and perform ongoing analyses to identify where expansion and consolidation of licenses, applications, and tools are possible.

3. Process Optimization

Optimize risk and compliance efforts with automation and integration to better allocate resources to priority processes.

4. Intelligent Automation

Adopt AI and machine learning to automate cyber hunting, response, and remediation, reducing repetitive tasks and costs.

An agile operating model can reallocate the security budget to ensure resources are aligned with strategic business priorities. This includes encouraging leaders in all departments to consider cybersecurity investments with a focus on multi-year cost optimization rather than pure cost reduction. This type of agility allows an enterprise to efficiently dial their security spend up and down for more effective risk management.


Key strategies for Cybersecurity Optimization: Enhancing efficiency and reducing Costs

A tactical approach to strengthen security posture while maximizing ROI

Optimizing cybersecurity investments: achieving more with less

Maximizing protection and effiency while reducing costs in todays threat landscape

Empowering CXOs to make optimized security investment decisions

Wipro Cyber X-Ray — an AI-assisted security and risk platform.

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