Cyber diligence, from both sides of the table.
One platform, whether you’re evaluating a target or preparing to be evaluated. Quantitative, defensible, and repeatable for every engagement.
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Your investors are going to ask. Have an answer before they do.
Cyber diligence is now standard in VC, PE, and M&A. A security score benchmarked against your peers, a curated investor data room, and a clear remediation plan say more than any pitch deck slide — and they keep deals from going sideways at the worst possible moment.
Source: FTI Consulting, M&A and Cybersecurity, 2026
Financial diligence has a methodology. Legal diligence has a methodology. Cyber diligence has a forty-page questionnaire and three weeks of Slack threads.
How it works
From “we’re working on it” to “here’s the portal.”
1. Get your score
Connect your tools and upload the policies you already have. The platform assesses your posture and gives you a score benchmarked against companies at your stage and in your sector.
2. See the business impact
The Executive Dashboard translates your security gaps into dollars — stalled deals, extended sales cycles, and real risk exposure. You see what to fix and what each fix is worth to the business.
3. Open your investor portal
Curate what investors and acquirers see during due diligence. Tag documents for release, manage red-flag visibility, and track engagement — so you know who looked at what, and when.
What changes
- A score investors understand — benchmarked against 127+ companies at your stage, not an abstract letter grade.
- Dollar-denominated priorities — your board sees pipeline impact, not a list of CVEs.
- A data room that’s always current — not a Dropbox folder you scramble to populate the night before.
The research
Investors are paying attention to security
Cybersecurity due diligence is now standard practice in venture capital and M&A. The data comes from multiple independent sources — and they all say the same thing.
| Finding | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 21% of M&A deals are delayed, repriced, or abandoned due to cybersecurity issues found during due diligence | Deal risk | Westbourne, 2025 |
| 70% of institutional investors factor cybersecurity maturity into valuation decisions | Valuation | Marsh & McLennan, 2023 |
| 70% of venture capitalists prefer investing in SOC 2-compliant startups | VC preference | IS Partners, 2024 |
| Yahoo’s undisclosed breaches led Verizon to cut its acquisition price by $350 million | Reputational cost | Westbourne, 2025 |
| 60% of financial impact from cyber incidents goes unreported to shareholders | Hidden exposure | Westbourne, 2025 |
| Average breach cost: $4.45M for large organizations, with extreme cases exceeding $500M | Direct cost | Westbourne, 2025 |
Running a fund, not an operating company?
If you’re a PE firm, family office, or M&A advisor evaluating targets across a portfolio, there’s a version of this built specifically for your workflow. Per-engagement, no platform subscription, designed for IC defense and portfolio rollups.
See where you stand.
Most founders find out their security posture is a problem when an investor asks. Don’t be most founders. The score takes about 20 minutes to generate. The remediation plan comes with it.