Due Diligence
When one company acquires another, they bring on that organization’s liabilities as well as its assets.
Prospective acquirers of a business must therefore consider the organization’s profile from the eyes of the adversary.
When one company acquires another, they bring on that organization’s liabilities as well as its assets. Prospective acquirers of a business must therefore consider the organization’s profile from the eyes of the adversary. The risk and potential cost associated with bringing on an unknown are exceptionally high in today’s business world.
All global organizations today are faced with a plethora of threats, including insiders, data/ip leakage, fraud, compromised infrastructure, compromised credentials, malware infections, phishing and much more. For someone looking to acquire an entity or bring on a new service, it’s simply not enough to trust the target company as they very well may be unaware of their own exposure.
Intel 471 provides organizations a complete and near-real-time view into the cybercriminal marketplace and the threat actors that operate within it – what they are saying, what they are selling, who they are targeting, who they have compromised, etc. The due diligence process must consider the past and present situation of a target company. Intel 471’s intelligence capabilities, reporting and collection can be used as both a proactive means of monitoring an organization’s profile before and during an acquisition and in taking a historical look using our comprehensive data set. This gives organizations conducting due diligence peace of mind that they will not be introducing risk or hidden liability into the acquiring company.