Managed IT Services for Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Driving Operational Efficiency, Security, and Standardization Across the Portfolio

Private equity organizations move fast—and they expect their portfolio companies to move with them. At CentriServe IT, we deliver scalable, secure, and standardized IT services designed specifically for private equity groups and the businesses they acquire.

Our mission is to strengthen operational efficiency, reduce cybersecurity risk, and bring consistency across every business unit—while supporting the investment group’s long-term value creation goals.

We understand the unique demands of private equity: rapid onboarding of new acquisitions, stabilizing fragmented IT environments, elevating cybersecurity maturity, and giving leadership clear visibility across the portfolio. Our team brings a disciplined, repeatable framework that creates order, structure, and security from day one.

Our Value to Private Equity Groups

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1. Rapid Onboarding for Newly Acquired Companies

Speed matters. We specialize in fast, structured onboarding for new portfolio companies—often beginning within days of transaction closing.

We immediately secure the environment, assess risk, standardize access, deploy security tools, and align systems with portfolio-wide standards.

This accelerates stabilization and reduces operational downtime during the transition period.

2. Unified IT Standards Across All Portcos

Every portfolio company is unique—but their technology doesn’t have to be chaotic.

CentriServe IT develops and enforces standardized frameworks for cybersecurity, compliance, cloud usage, and IT operations.

Consistency across the portfolio creates predictability, lowers risk, and reduces complexity for leadership.

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3. Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity for Every Business Unit

We deliver security controls that meet or exceed major frameworks such as NIST, CIS, SOC2, HIPAA, and CMMC.

Every portfolio company gains access to enterprise-level protection—without enterprise-level cost.

This includes:

  • MDR/EDR
  • Identity protection
  • Email security
  • Vulnerability management
  • Zero Trust and Conditional Access
  • 24/7 monitoring (SOC/SIEM)

4. Scalable Support for Growing Portfolio Companies

Whether a company has one location or a national footprint, our support model scales effortlessly.

We provide tailored day-to-day support while maintaining the unified strategy and security posture required across the investment group.

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5. Real-Time Visibility for Private Equity Leadership

We provide CIO-level reporting and dashboards across the portfolio, giving PE leadership insight into:

  • IT health
  • Cybersecurity posture
  • Asset inventory
  • Spend and forecasting
  • Compliance status

No more guesswork—just clear, actionable visibility across every entity.

6. Cost Efficiency Through Standardization

Standardizing licensing, hardware, cybersecurity tools, and cloud infrastructure lowers long-term costs and eliminates waste.

Predictability in IT spending is a major value driver—and our framework ensures technology contributes positively to valuation, not unpredictability.

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7. Dedicated Account Teams for Every Portco

Every portfolio company receives its own dedicated team, including:

  • A vCIO
  • Account manager
  • Onboarding specialist
  • Support engineers

This ensures every business unit gets consistent support and a roadmap aligned with both its needs and the PE group’s goals.

Core Services for Portfolio Companies

Acquisition Onboarding & Rapid Stabilization

  • Day-1 / Week-1 onboarding plans
  • Immediate environment hardening
  • Credential cleanup & access control standardization
  • Deployment of portfolio-wide security tools
  • Documentation, asset inventory, and network mapping
  • Stabilization of identity, email, and critical systems

Managed IT Support

  • 24/7 helpdesk and remote support
  • Onsite support for critical facilities
  • Device lifecycle management
  • Standardized builds and provisioning

Cybersecurity & Compliance

  • MDR/EDR endpoint protection
  • SOC/SIEM monitoring
  • CSIRT & incident response planning
  • Email security and encryption

Compliance alignment: HIPAA, NIST, SOC2, CIS, CMMC

Cloud & Microsoft 365 Management

  • Tenant-to-tenant migrations
  • License optimization & CSP management
  • SharePoint / OneDrive / Entra architecture
  • Conditional Access & Zero Trust design

Secure collaboration across portcos

Network & Infrastructure Management

  • Firewalls, SD-WAN, VPN, and Wi-Fi
  • Server and storage management
  • Backup & disaster recovery
  • Hardware refresh planning

Asset and configuration management

Acquisition IT Due Diligence

  • Pre-acquisition IT assessments
  • Cybersecurity and vulnerability analysis
  • Infrastructure and cloud cost modeling
  • Modernization and remediation planning

IT Strategy & vCIO Services

  • Multi-year IT roadmaps
  • Budget forecasting and planning
  • Cybersecurity policy creation

Alignment with PE value creation initiatives

Why Private Equity Firms Choose CentriServe

We’ve worked with contractors, developers, and engineering firms across the country—helping them manage technology across offices, job sites, and cloud environments.

Why clients rely on us:

Deep experience supporting distributed, multi-entity organizations

Proven success stabilizing and modernizing newly acquired companies

Cybersecurity-first architecture designed for regulated industries

Fast, disciplined, repeatable execution across the portfolio

Strategic partner that scales alongside the investment group

CentriServe ensures every portfolio company—new or established—operates securely, efficiently, and in alignment with the PE group’s expectations.

We bring the structure, visibility, and execution private equity firms require to achieve operational excellence and long-term value creation.