Cybersecurity Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions
Perform cybersecurity due diligence to assess the security posture of a target company and uncover potential vulnerabilities
Avoid the Hidden Costs of Mergers and Acquisitions
Benefit from a cybersecurity partnership that has a meaningful impact on M&A due to our understanding of how an attacker views a target company. With the velocity, depth, and coverage our adversarial experts bring, your organization will gain leverage for short-term decision making on the deal itself, as well as long-term integration planning.
Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence Cybersecurity
Gain comprehensive insight through a thorough evaluation of the target company’s security policies, procedures, and controls, and proactively identify potential security risks or liabilities that could impact the acquisition’s value. Enhance your team with our adversarial experts, who will:
- Evaluate the target's network and application infrastructure to identify gaps
- Assess the cybersecurity program maturity to pinpoint weaknesses
- Conduct adversarial-focused penetration testing
- Review the impact and remediation of any disclosed historical breaches
- Look for indicators of an active or prior compromise
Deal Execution Due Diligence Cybersecurity
During the deal execution phase, review and evaluate any security-related warranties or indemnities offered by the target company. Assess additional vulnerabilities that emerge during the pre-acquisition stage. Utilize our adversarial experts to guide your team through the following activities:
- Identify if any significant risks uncovered could jeopardize the deal
- Adjust the deal value based on the identified risks
- Negotiate security-related representations and warranties
- Negotiate security-related escrows, indemnities, and potential future liabilities
Post-Acquisition Due Diligence Cybersecurity
Integrate the target company’s security policies, procedures, and controls into your organization’s overall security program, and identify and address any gaps or weaknesses that did not come to light during earlier phases of the acquisition process. Some specific actions our adversarial engineers can help you take during this phase include the following:
- Plan security ecosystem integration
- Design a zero-trust blueprint and implement the solution
- Institute detection and response monitoring and management
- Provide recommendations for secure, timely integration of the company or product
- Identify if any significant risks uncovered could jeopardize the deal
- Adjust the deal value based on the identified risks
- Negotiate security-related representations and warranties
- Negotiate security-related escrows, indemnities, and potential future liabilities
Trust but Verify
Ingest the assets you have access to and complement with external scanning to get a full picture
Expose Insider Threats
Identify where attackers may find backdoors or inadvertent access
Identify Incoming Issues
Determine the security posture and maturity of newly joining assets and teams
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