24/7 SECURITY OPERATIONS FOR PRIVATE EQUITY

One View of the Fund.
Every Company Covered.

9/10 PE firms have had an attack disrupt a portfolio company, and no two run security the same way. eSentire combines adaptive agentic AI operatives with 24/7 elite human expertise to preempt exposures, and stop threats in real time.

Don't Let AI-Enabled Attackers
Outpace You.

eSentire's elite threat hunting and intelligence team data ranks Venture Capital & Private Equity as the sub-industry with the highest intrusion ratio in all financial services. It's also the second-most targeted sub-industry for identity-based attacks, a pattern driven by the value of deal data and the security maturity gap between interconnected firms.

The threat facing private equity has changed shape. eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU) tracked a sharp pivot away from broad malware campaigns and toward stolen credentials, AiTM (adversary-in-the-middle) phishing kits, and account takeover; tactics built specifically to slide past standard MFA and land inside firm and portfolio company systems undetected.

  • 86% Intrusion Ratio for the VC & PE Sub-Industry (highest of any financial sub-sector)
  • 26% of PE firms reporting reduced valuation or exit price after a cyber incident (Kroll, Feb 2026)
  • $2.1M Average financial impact per cyber incident (Kroll, Feb 2026)

Your Portfolio Grew Faster Than
Your Security Program Did.

Shared vendor access, cross-portfolio IT dependencies, and time-sensitive M&A data have reshaped the attack surface for every firm and every portfolio company. Most security programs are inherited, one company at a time, so nobody owns the view across the portfolio.

eSentire's Atlas Platform connects the technology stack and delivers reporting into one rolled up view. Thinking like an attacker, Atlas runs to expose the weak points abefore attackers take advantage, and when something does get through, it neutralizes the threat before tdamage occurs.

PREEMPT

Run real-world attack simulations against the firm and every portfolio company, targeting vendor remote access, M&A data, and third-party credentials.

DETECT

Spot threats the moment they move, including compromised credentials, AiTM session hijacking, lateral movement, across every signal before a deal or company is disrupted.

RESPOND

Suspend the compromised session, isolate the affected systems, and clear the threat before damage occurs.

See where your portfolio stands. Run the Portfolio Risk Calculator and get a clear picture of your risk.

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The AI Attack Surface Is Spreading.

Every AI agent your portfolio uses is an additional risk factor. Our Atlas AIDR extends the same 24/7 SOC coverage for AI governance, detection and response, without blocking the speed of adoption.

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Why Private Equity Firms Trust eSentire

Thomas H. Lee Partners

THL turned to eSentire to bring a single, consistent security standard to 35+ portfolio companies, gaining 24/7 multi-signal detection and response without pulling internal teams away from growth.

“We want our management teams to be focused on the things that are going to move the needle and help the company grow, generate revenue. […] The only way we can sleep at night is to have a partner like eSentire at our side.”

Mark Benaquista
Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL)

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