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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInData Security and Privacy Must Play a Part in M&A Due Diligence – Beckage
Things have changed. Gartner reported that by 2022 sixty percent of organizations will consider a target company’s cybersecurity posture as a critical factor in their due diligence process. Acquiring companies have made DSP due diligence a priority because they understand the costly risks of inheriting a target company’s DSP liabilities. Target companies must proactively address […]
Due Diligence on Cybersecurity Becomes Bigger Factor in M&A – WSJ
Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP +1.41% deployed a team of cybersecurity, risk management and financial-crime specialists to WorkMarket before acquiring it in January. The ADP team combed the software maker’s technology, practices and internal policies. It also interviewed staff about monitoring for intrusions, training employees and performing other security tasks. The payroll processor also hired […]
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Cybersecurity due diligence has become the new business imperative. Whether considering a new alliance, acquisition or vendor, one notion is for certain: any cybersecurity weakness of a new partner will quickly and perhaps permanently infect whatever benefits the new business relationship brings on board.
Cyber security: the weakest link in M&A transactions – – Financial Director
Too often, issues of cyber security are left until after a transaction is complete – a question of integration, not value. This is a mistake. A cyber breach could easily have a material impact on the value of a company, which means it is far too late to leave this for the IT team during […]