EXPERTISE DURING AN M&A TRANSACTION
The acquiring business should perform a thorough risk assessment of its potential new asset as part of its due diligence during the merger and/or acquisition process. This should enable confident decision making about the transaction. Stealth-ISS offers its cybersecurity consulting services to help you gain a more comprehensive understanding of an asset’s cybersecurity and risk posture, with tailored guidance and support on remediation activities.
Stealth-ISS helps the acquiring company understand and manage potential risks, ensure regulatory compliance if needed, protect valuable assets, and make informed decisions about the transaction. Failure to take this precaution could result in unforeseen expenses, disruptions, and negative press for the company.
RISK ASSESSMENT EXPERTISE
Stealth-ISS has a deep understanding of cyber risk and the latest security threats and vulnerabilities. This level of expertise is crucial during an M&A transaction, where companies need to assess potential risks and liabilities quickly and accurately. Stealth-ISS can provide expertise that an in-house team may lack.
THIRD-PARTY PERSPECTIVE
Stealth-ISS can provide an independent, third-party perspective that can help to ensure a more objective risk assessment. As an independent third party, we are less likely to ignore potential issues because of bias or preconceived notions because we have no direct stake in the M&A process.
DUE DILIGENCE
A cyber risk assessment conducted by Stealth-ISS can be a crucial part of the M&A due diligence process. It can reveal hidden liabilities, such as previous data breaches, weak security controls, or potential compliance issues, that could affect the transaction’s value or feasibility.
EFFICIENCY
Conducting a thorough cyber risk assessment can be time-consuming. By outsourcing this expert task to Stealth-ISS, companies can focus their internal resources on other aspects of the M&A process.
COMPLIANCE
M&A activity often involve complex regulatory requirements, potentially across industries. We have experience dealing with all regulatory frameworks and can help ensure that the combined entity will meet all necessary cybersecurity regulations.
COST-EFFECTIVE
While there is an upfront cost to hiring expertise, the potential savings in mitigating risks and avoiding future security breaches can be substantial.
INTEGRATION
Post-merger integration of disparate IT systems can be a complex and risky process. We can help plan and manage this process to ensure it goes smoothly and securely. We could even save you money.
RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY
Based on the assessment, Stealth-ISS can help design a risk mitigation strategy tailored to the specific needs and risks of the merged entity. This can involve suggestions for safety procedures, rules, and practices, as well as personnel training.
CONTINUITY
After the M&A process, Stealth-ISS can provide ongoing monitoring and management of cybersecurity risks, ensuring continuity and consistent application of security policies and procedures.
MERGER AND ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE
Stealth-ISS was tasked to conduct a comprehensive was tasked to conduct a comprehensive IT and Physical security assessment for a global service provider during a Merger and Acquisition phase. Over the course of the assessment, we identified over 30,000 “unidentified” assets that were not in central database and assisted the client with remediation – within six weeks, we were able to identify and assign ownership of these assets to 26% and decommission the others that had been failed to be decommissioned over the last seven years of IT operations. Our tasks for that project included:
- Inventory and Configuration Management Database (CMDB) review of all assets located across over 150 data centers globally
- Physical assessment of over 50 data centers in the US to review access control, asset decommission processes, hardware storage, cable management, and all possible threats and risk that could compromise availability of systems, data security and business operations
- Generation of risk reports for each data center including prioritization for remediation (processes, technology, configuration, etc.)
- Gap analysis for regulatory compliance related to data privacy, NIST, PCI DSS, and HIPAA
Our prioritized and phased approach significantly reduced the risk to the environment. After six months, the gaps were remediated and the acquisition was able to be completed.