PwC Ireland has announced the launch of its threat and vulnerability management service and the extension of its third-party risk management offering as part of the expansion of its firm-wide managed services practice.
These new offerings are driven by client demand, an unprecedented risk landscape, regulatory and compliance complexity and unabating cyber breaches. The announcement follows the success of the firm’s National Cyber Managed Services Centre based in Cork since its launch in May 2024.
Over eight out of ten business leaders stated in PwC Ireland’s 2025 CEO Survey that their organisation was exposed to key threats such as macroeconomic volatility, geopolitical risks, cyber risks, technological disruption, the availability of key skills and inflation.
“Understanding these threats and their impacts on organisations and the third parties businesses rely on is critical,” Leonard McAuliffe, partner of Cybersecurity Practice at PwC Ireland, says.
“With the growing set of risks, uncertainties and disruption, ambitious companies are looking to spend more time on their core growth strategies. This is where PwC’s managed services come in, supporting clients to focus on their core competencies, while helping them to drive productivity and profitability.”
Companies are becoming more reliant on, and interconnected with, third parties, meaning end-to-end risk is intensifying further. PwC’s enhanced third-party risk management offering protects companies from third-party risk, providing a broad range of risk management solutions right across the wider business operations, covering regulatory, financial, strategic and system risks.
“PwC research identified that thirdparty breaches are the number one cybersecurity threat Irish organisations are concerned about. This enhanced offering builds on the already successful and established third-party risk management services provided by the PwC National Cyber Managed Services Centre in Cork,” McAuliffe says.
Threat and vulnerability management is a security offering that helps organisations to identify, assess and manage security vulnerabilities and threats across their organisations.
Along with support from its strategic alliances, PwC is using industry leading technology to identify security weaknesses to ensure its clients’ businesses remain secure.
“Our threat and vulnerability management offering is versatile and can seamlessly complement and enhance existing in-house security operations to reduce overheads and boost efficiencies,” McAuliffe explains.
“Availing of any of PwC’s managed services solutions frees up resources and headspace to focus on long-term growth strategy, enabling success and fuelling ambition.”
Key regulations such as the Digital Operational Resilience Act and the European Network and Information Security Directive require organisations to be far more vigilant about the potential cyber risks arising from their supply chains. Cyber breaches are almost an everyday occurrence, driven in part by Generative AI (GenAI).
Eight in ten respondents to PwC Ireland’s 2025 GenAI Business Leaders Survey agreed that GenAI would likely increase cybersecurity risks in the next 12 months.

“Our two new service offerings will go a long way towards helping our clients have a more robust cyber environment while operating more safely with third parties. “In turn, clients can focus on their core business in the knowledge that they are protected from potential significant reputational and financial damage,” McAuliffe says.
Photo: Leonard McAuliffe.