Wipro has been positioned by HFS in its report ranking the Top 10 Cybersecurity Service Providers for 2022. The report, released in July, assessed how well service providers help their enterprise clients effectively improve their cybersecurity posture.
HFS highlighted Wipro’s “expertise—augmented by technology—to protect and enable business growth at the center of its cybersecurity narrative.” HFS rated Wipro as the number one choice for the voice of the customer, noting that “clients recognize Wipro for its relevant expertise–domain and technical–and superior change management practices.” HFS also called out “the reliability and scalability of Wipro’s services through the automation of the next generation of security.”
"Wipro provides an integrated portfolio of risk and cybersecurity services across the cybersecurity value chain. With its laser-sharp focus on providing transformational and innovative services, Wipro is putting deep domain expertise, augmented by advanced technological enablers, at the center of its cybersecurity narrative," Ralph Aboujaoude Diaz, Practice Leader, Cybersecurity, HFS Research
“Being recognized as a top cybersecurity provider by HFS is a testament to the investment we’ve made in growing our cybersecurity strategy-first consulting, implementation and managed services across our practices,” noted Tony Buffomante, Senior Vice President & Global Head—Cybersecurity & Risk Services, Wipro Limited. “Our more than 9,000 CyberSecurists have the technical expertise and industry experience to help global enterprises deploy risk and security programs. And our extensive partner ecosystem ensures that our clients have access to the most robust security technology solutions in the market.”
As cyber threats and attack surfaces increase exponentially, organizations must embrace transformational cybersecurity with the ability to scale solutions through managed security services. To meet this demand, Wipro has expanded its cybersecurity and risk capabilities into an integrated, end-to-end portfolio of services that deliver strategy, implementation and managed services across five practice domains:
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Organization: Wipro organized its business into four strategic market unit (SMUs) and two global business lines (GBLs). The four SMUs are Americas 1, Americas 2, Europe, and Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMEA). While Americas 1 and Americas 2 are organized by sectors, Europe and APMEA are structured by countries. Led by and SVP who is part of the Wipro Executive Committee, Cybersecurity & Risk Services (CRS) is a global practice positioned under a global business unit; it addresses customer needs across the four SMUs. Each SMU a corresponding go-to market leader for cybersecurity and risk services.
Growth: Wipro’s growth strategy is organic and inorganic, focusing on business model shift (to increase consultive services, advisory, and strategy first services), acquisition of niche best-in-class security providers (to scale up regional consulting capability) IP development (to strengthen and grow platform solution and IP), and cybersecurity services integration (build one integrated CRS model). Wipro’s fastest-growing service areas are cloud and infrastructure security, digital trust offerings (identity and access management and OT/IoT security), security and risk advisory (third-party risk management), and security intelligence and analytics powered by automated and intelligent managed detection and response (MDR), Wipro’s cybersecurity services contributed 8% of overall revenue in 2021 and has grown by more than 40% over the past three years, reaching $706 million in 2021. Almost one-third of cybersecurity revenues comes from maintenance and support services (managed security operations). The total dedicated headcount grew up by 3% from 2019 to 2021, reaching 8,600+ practitioners by the end of 2021. About 5% of total cybersecurity services revenue is reinvested into R&D.
Go-to-market: Wipro has built deep expertise across most areas of the cybersecurity value chain. Wipro provides an integrated portfolio of cybersecurity and risk services centered around five broad areas: security and risk advisory, cloud and infrastructure security, digital trust, application security, and managed security services. Service offerings are designed for Fortune 2000 customers, but Wipro also services customers of other sizes through strategic business models, such as an agreement with Du Telecom in the Middle East.
Talent Management: With its new “CyberSecurity done by CyberSecurists” brand, Wipro’s people strategy focuses on building a culture that nurtures talent, drives strong performance and innovation, and supports client-centricity. Wipro has developed a holistic framework to build cybersecurity skills, emphasizing strengthening business acumen, industry expertise, functional and technical domain expertise, and product SMEs. Wipro follows an “Integrated Career Management” process across the security pool, coupled with a differentiated reward system, which provides growth and learning opportunities across technical, functional, and consulting streams.
Outcomes: Wipro offers C-Level advisory services, such as KPI for Board Reporting, to help organizations define and quantify the ROI of their cybersecurity initiatives. Most advisory services are followed through with build and operate engagements showcasing reduced risk indices and cost optimization. Wipro’s cyber account executives use the Quarterly Business Review sessions to highlight the business value of the advisory.
Voice of the customers: Clients recognize Wipro for its relevant expertise (domain and technical) and superior change management practices. They also flagged the reliability and scalability of its services through the automation of the next generation of security solutions.
