Planning A Merger Or Acquisition? Ask These Five Cyber Questions First – Craig Davies – BSW #371
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in finally starting to pick up. Although the allure of financial gains and market expansion drives these deals, the digital age demands a rigorous assessment of cybersecurity risks accompanying such mergers. Unanticipated cyber issues, like dormant malware or inconsistent access controls, can transform an ideal transaction into a costly headache for the acquiring company post-merger.
So how do you assess the potential cyber risks of the transaction? Craig Davies, Chief Information Security Officer at Gathid, joins Business Security Weekly to review the five crucial cyber questions to ask before finalizing any deal. If you're in a merger or acquisition, or plan to merge or acquire another company, don't miss this episode.
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Craig Davies is CISO and Executive Director of Gathid. He has spent more than 25 years in cybersecurity, working in a number of fields, including infrastructure operations, security architecture and software, web development, and operations. Craig was previously Head of Security at Atlassian (before and during their IPO). He began his career in banking.
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