M&A Cyber Due Diligence
Independent cyber due diligence for acquisitions, investments, and carve-outs.
The situation
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Banks, sponsors, and corporate buyers often have cyber teams. Those teams protect the buyer's own estate. They rarely have the bandwidth or independence to deep-dive a target's controls, quantify remediation cost, and feed findings into valuation under a compressed deal timetable.
Difaa provides that independent view of the target: material cyber exposure, remediation cost, and Day 1 / post-merger readiness so cyber risk does not land as a post-close surprise. Where a carve-out or separation is required, we plan the cyber cutover as part of the same mandate.
What you get
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- Buy-side and sell-side cyber due diligence on the target
- Findings mapped to valuation, negotiation, and remediation cost
- Day 1 readiness checklist for the acquired estate
- Post-merger integration (PMI) cyber support
- Carve-out and separation cyber planning where required
- Board / investment-committee brief suitable for the deal pack
The approach
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- Pre-deal01
Cyber due diligence
Assess the target against an agreed scope, quantify cyber risk and remediation cost, and feed findings into negotiation and investment decisions.
- Toward close02
Day 1 readiness
Identify what must be true on Day 1: access, monitoring, critical controls, and known remediation that cannot wait for PMI.
- Day 1 & after03
Integration or separation
Support post-merger integration or carve-out cyber planning so the combined or separated estate does not inherit unmanaged risk.
Who it’s for
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First institutional acquisition or investment needing cyber diligence in the pack.
Integrating or separating technology estates after a transaction.
Buy-side, sell-side, or sponsor work where cyber risk can move price or delay close.
What clients do next
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Most mandates start with a scoped cyber diligence engagement timed to the deal calendar. Where findings are material, Day 1 and PMI support usually follow.
Next step
Discuss an M&A cyber diligence mandate.
Share the deal timeline and mandate side. We will scope diligence and any Day 1 / PMI support required.
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