Insights
The cyber landscape never stops shifting – and neither should your perspective. Our Insights bring you expert commentary, thought leadership and practical guidance on the issues shaping the alternative investments sector. Stay ahead of regulators, satisfy investors, and strengthen your resilience with analysis from the team that knows your world best.
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Why AI risk is now a core part of cyber risk
AI is reshaping the cyber risk landscape Cyber risk has long been recognized as a critical issue for alternative investment firms. It affects operational resilience, investor confidence and, increasingly, valuation and deal outcomes.Artificial intelligence is now reshaping that risk landscape. The introduction of AI does not necessarily change the systems firms rely on. Instead, it…
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AI adoption is outpacing governance in alternative investments
AI is already embedded in day-to-day workflows Artificial intelligence is already embedded across the alternative investment industry. From research and due diligence to operational workflows and investor communications, AI tools are being adopted at pace – often informally and without central oversight. This is not unusual. Most technological shifts begin at the edges of an…
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Low Lift, High Value: Making Cyber Oversight Work Across the Portfolio
By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge Cyber risk now sits firmly on the private equity agenda. PE firms understand that a vulnerability at a single portfolio company can quickly become a fund-level issue, affecting valuation, investor confidence and exit outcomes. Yet some firms still hesitate to implement portfolio-wide cyber oversight for one simple reason: they assume…
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Using cyber analytics to drive action across the portfolio
By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge Cyber risk has become a defining factor in how private equity firms protect value, manage portfolios and demonstrate governance to investors. Yet for many PE sponsors, cyber oversight remains fragmented, reactive or difficult to scale across multiple portfolio companies. In this three-part series, we explore how portfolio-level cyber analytics are…
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The Drawbridge Cyber Score as a portfolio tool – from measurement to meaningful comparison
By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge Cyber risk has become a defining factor in how private equity firms protect value, manage portfolios and demonstrate governance to investors. Yet for many PE sponsors, cyber oversight remains fragmented, reactive or difficult to scale across multiple portfolio companies. In this three-part series, we explore how portfolio-level cyber analytics are…
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Portfolio company analytics – why cyber oversight now defines value creation
By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge Cyber risk has become a defining factor in how private equity firms protect value, manage portfolios and demonstrate governance to investors. Yet for many PE sponsors, cyber oversight remains fragmented, reactive or difficult to scale across multiple portfolio companies. In this three-part series, we explore how portfolio-level cyber analytics are…
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The Weakest Link Is Rarely Where You’re Looking: Third-Party Cyber Risk Under Reg S-P
By Simon Eyre, Chief Information Security Officer, Drawbridge Why intelligence-led approaches are essential to meet rising threats, regulatory demands and investor expectations Alternative investment firms have strengthened internal cybersecurity significantly over the past decade. Controls are more mature, governance is better defined, and boards are more engaged. Yet many of the most disruptive incidents still…
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Cyber Risk Intelligence: Turning Data into Resilience for Alternative Investments
By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge Why intelligence-led approaches are essential to meet rising threats, regulatory demands and investor expectations The alternative investment industry is entering a new era of scrutiny. Regulators, investors and counterparties are paying closer attention to how firms manage operational risk, and cybersecurity sits at the heart of that conversation. Threat actors…
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Cyber Security Scoring: A Smarter Way to Benchmark Risk
By Art Murphy A few weeks ago, I sat down with a table full of C-level execs from private equity and hedge funds. The conversation went wide from SEC prep (of course) to cyber hygiene, and then someone mentioned an LP asking about their Drawbridge Score and the whole table paused. No one asked, “What’s that?” They…
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From Compliance to Confidence
Cyber Resilience as a Strategic Advantage in Alternative Investments By Eric Bernstein, CEO, Drawbridge We continue to see the topic of cybersecurity move from the back office to the investment committee. What was once a compliance obligation is now a defining factor in investor trust and capital allocation. For alternative investment firms, cyber resilience has…
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SEC Cybersecurity
Where do you stand, and what’s coming for investment advisors? What you should know For firms with assets over $1.5bn, the changes to Regulation S-P will take effect on December 3rd, 2025. In combination with the 2025 SEC Examination Priorities, there is work to be done to meet both the rule and guidance from the…
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Is AI the death of “Trust but Verify” Cybersecurity?
Cyber security risk assessments take multiple staff members time to complete. Even once that time has been accounted for (usually with HR, Operations, IT and Legal involved) you still need someone to manage the results. You’ll often have remediation work for the IT team, remediation work for HR, and need someone to oversee those actions…
