M&A Diligence
Quantitative cyber due diligence for PE and strategic acquirers: the CCOD worked example, the 72-hour IC playbook, the R&W insurance vs price-reduction decision, and the year-zero baseline for portfolio companies.
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Security Due Diligence in M&A: A Guide for Both Sides
Cybersecurity due diligence in M&A — what acquirers should look for in a target, and how sellers should prepare. A practical guide for both sides of the deal.
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Inside a Cyber Cost of Deal: A Worked Example for Investment Committee
The target was a mid-market SaaS. $80M enterprise value, healthcare-adjacent. The deal partner wanted one IC slide. Here's the five-pillar math and the $736K number behind it.
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R&W Insurance or Price Reduction? How to Use a Quantified Cyber Number at the Negotiating Table
They picked R&W. Eighteen months later, the known-findings carve-out did exactly what those carve-outs always do. Here's when each commercial option actually works.
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The Year-Zero Cyber Baseline: How PE Operating Partners Make Diligence Findings Worth Something Post-Close
The PDF lives in a SharePoint folder no one opens. The diligence findings die on the day the deal closes. Here's how operating partners stop that from happening.
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