Cyber Due Diligence: A Pre-purchase Check Up Reveals Data Risk Hot Spots

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Presented at IAPP 2014 by

Khoa Do

Jonathan Fairtlough

Mauricio Paez

For potential investors in early- or mid-stage companies, the reality is that the target organization’s value may be determined by the effectiveness of data security over private information and intellectual property. But how often is that security challenged as part of pre-investment due diligence? To control this risk, it has become critical for investors—and the companies they are targeting—to add a cyber element to the due diligence process. What you’ll take away: · How to identify the vulnerabilities you may be buying unwittingly · How to know if you are buying a company with an undisclosed data breach · How to spot breach-breeding weaknesses in the target company’s culture · How to leverage that understanding into maximized long-term value