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Vladyslav Dunajevski
Director, Cyber Security & Privacy, PwC Germany
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Stronger security with a rationalised portfolio
Organizations are investing heavily in security—but many still struggle with fragmented tools, overlapping capabilities, and rising costs. Disconnected security solutions, inconsistent maturity levels, and unclear ownership often prevent companies from achieving their desired security outcomes.
“A larger security budget doesn't automatically equate to greater security. It is only when tools, processes, and responsibilities are consolidated that investments translate into measurable protection.”
PwC’s Business Value Assessment for Security Portfolio helps you regain control. We assess your current security capabilities against proven reference models, aiming to eliminate redundancies, lower costs, and deliver a measurable increase in security maturity.
By analysing both technical effectiveness and commercial efficiency, we uncover opportunities to reduce total security spend while increasing protection levels—for example by consolidating tools, optimising license models (e.g. Microsoft E3, E5, E7), strengthening cloud-native security in hyperscaler environments, or leveraging leading best of platform solutions.
The result: a transparent, value‑driven security portfolio that delivers measurable risk reduction, improved operational efficiency, and a clear roadmap for future investments.
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Our Services
- Security Capability & Zero Trust Assessment
- Security Tool & Cost Rationalisation
- Define the Change Roadmap
- Accompany Your Change Journey
Security Capability & Zero Trust Assessment
Structured assessment of your security capabilities against Zero Trust principles.
PwC conducts a comprehensive assessment of your existing security controls, processes, and tools, mapped against the Zero Trust model and industry best practices. We evaluate identity, device, network, workload, data, and monitoring capabilities, identifying maturity gaps and redundancies. The outcome is a clear view of your current security posture, prioritised risks, and a fact‑based baseline for rationalisation decisions.
Security Tool & Cost Rationalisation
Reduce complexity and spend while increasing security effectiveness.
We analyse your security portfolio from both a functional and financial perspective. This includes identifying overlapping tools, underutilised capabilities, and inefficient licensing models. Typical use cases include consolidating redundant solutions, optimising security licensing (e.g. Microsoft E3 vs. E5 vs. E7), and aligning spend with actual risk exposure. The result is a leaner, more cost‑efficient security architecture.
Define the Change Roadmap
A clear, prioritised roadmap to rationalise and evolve your security portfolio.
Based on the assessment results, PwC defines a pragmatic and business‑aligned change roadmap for your security portfolio. We prioritise initiatives based on risk reduction, cost efficiency, and implementation effort, and translate them into concrete short‑, mid‑, and long‑term actions. The roadmap covers target architecture, technology and tooling decisions, operating model implications, and quick wins, providing decision‑makers with a clear and actionable path towards a simplified, value‑driven security landscape.
Accompany Your Change Journey
Hands‑on support to implement and embed your target security portfolio.
PwC supports you throughout the implementation of the defined roadmap—from initial planning to execution and stabilisation. We accompany tool consolidation, technology upgrades, and organisational change, ensuring alignment across security, IT, and business stakeholders. Our experts provide governance, architectural guidance, and handson support where needed, helping you realise benefits quickly while embedding sustainable security capabilities into your daytoday operations.
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Frequently asked questions on the Business Value Assessment
“Boards are increasingly asking why security spend keeps rising while complexity and risk remain high. Business Value Assessment for Security Portfolio enables CIOs and CISOs to reduce cost, eliminate redundancies, and clearly demonstrate how every security investment contributes to measurable risk reduction.”
Vladyslav Dunajevski,Director, Cyber Security & Privacy, PwC Germany
