Use Case 3

M&A Due Diligence: Evaluate the Cyber Risk of Your Target

The Challenge

During an acquisition, the target's cyber risk becomes your risk. Undiscovered vulnerabilities, shadow IT assets, and poor security practices can represent significant hidden costs post-acquisition. Traditional due diligence often overlooks cyber exposure, leaving acquirers with unexpected remediation costs and potential liability.

The challenge is compounded by the need to assess security posture without alerting the target or requiring access to their internal systems during early-stage negotiations.

Our Solution

Without any access to the target's systems (100% external and non-invasive assessment), we provide:

• Complete Attack Surface Inventory: Full mapping of the target's external footprint
• Critical Risk Identification: Exposed services, known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations
• Data Leak Detection: Discovery of existing credential leaks, exposed documents, or sensitive data
• Comparative Security Score: Benchmarking against industry standards and peers
• Historical Analysis: Changes in security posture over time where data is available

Expected Outcome

A cyber due diligence report enabling informed negotiation and post-acquisition remediation planning. Identify potential deal-breakers or negotiate price adjustments based on discovered security debt.