Cybersecurity and technology due diligence frameworks for deal teams, PE firms, and acquisition targets.
Nothing new landed this summer. The SEC has been examining the accuracy of AI representations all year, and the fiscal year closes on 30 September. That is the point.
You do not need a full Cyber Resilience Act audit to diligence a product target. You need a few questions that read the room, a hypothesis formed from the tech and cyber work you are already doing, and the discipline to carry it into the SPA and the W&I tower.
Investment committees see more AI-intensive deals every quarter, but the process was not built for the pattern. Three IC-level questions surface AI risk before the vote.
A US court let negligence claims against Bain Capital proceed for a portfolio company's breach. The cost of weak cyber diligence is no longer just a write-down, it's the sponsor named in the suit. The exposure attached to how the bid was conditioned.
Deal teams are seeing more AI-intensive targets. The diligence process was not designed for agent sprawl, training data provenance, or vendor lock-in.
A three-tier framework for M&A cybersecurity due diligence - from 24-hour screening to post-close monitoring - with Expected Annual Loss quantification.
Practical GenAI applications for tech and cyber due diligence in M&A, with the governance controls that keep deal-confidential data protected.
In our middle-market engagements, material cybersecurity findings have typically driven 8-25% valuation adjustments. Here's how diligence informs deal structure and protects buyer ROI.
In our middle-market engagements, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, technical debt, privacy gaps, IP ambiguity, and integration complexity have reduced IRR by 8-12 points in affected transactions.
In our middle-market engagements, roughly 72% of quality deals have involved multiple bidders. External-only digital due diligence delivers comprehensive technology intelligence in 24-72 hours.
Most PE deal teams assess cybersecurity through questionnaires and limited-access reviews. Here's what that approach systematically misses, and why it matters at close.