The Overlooked Security Risks in Mergers and Acquisitions
When one company acquires another, the due diligence process scrutinises financials, legal obligations, customer contracts, and intellectual property. Cybersecurity due diligence, when it happens at all, tends to receive a fraction of the attention given to these other areas.
That imbalance has proven costly. Several high-profile acquisitions have resulted in the buyer inheriting undisclosed breaches, regulatory liabilities, and technical debt that materially affected the value of the deal.
What Cyber Due Diligence Should Cover
A thorough cybersecurity assessment during M&A goes beyond checking whether the target company has a firewall. It should evaluate their security programme maturity, review their incident history, assess their regulatory compliance posture, and identify ...








