Cyber due diligence

Preserving and enhancing value through timely insights on the cyber security risks to investment targets.

Today’s dealmakers know they face cyber risks, but often lack the internal resources to identify and respond to them. Working in step with deal teams, we highlight key areas of vulnerability and provide clear corrective actions to reveal and enhance the cyber security value of investment targets.

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Why S-RM?

Deal-focused

We have worked on over 450 deals. We know how to integrate our work into deal flows, focus on your most important questions, and adapt as priorities change.

Clear conclusions

Our work can be highly technical, but our findings are always clear and practical so you can make faster decisions based on our recommendations.

Accessible expertise

We know that timely access to information can be critical. Our consultants are always available to help progress a transaction.

Insights to inform investment decisions

Our insights provide an invaluable perspective to deal teams and corporate boards on the cyber risks which will be critical to a company’s success.

Our cyber due diligence assessments cover:

Operational management of IT security
Resilience against major cyber incidents
Security of future growth and expansion projects

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Case study

Uncovering cyber risk pre-acquisition

A European private equity company asked S-RM to conduct cyber due diligence prior to their acquisition of a 5,000 person FMCG company. Our due diligence uncovered significant weaknesses in the cyber security governance at the company, resulting in a renegotiation of the valuation.

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Private equity pre-deal support

A global private equity company contacted S-RM to assess the cyber security of three target companies, in particular any potential risks from a merger of their infrastructure post-acquisition. Through detailed interviews and technical reviews with the subject companies, we were able to provide sufficient assurance to the client for the deal to proceed.

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Benchmarking data policies

A US private equity company sought cyber due diligence ahead of the acquisition of a hospitality group based in Asia. S-RM benchmarked all of the target’s data policies against known regulations, highlighting deficiencies, and carried out comprehensive dark web research to ensure there was no evidence of previous data compromises, allowing the client to proceed to the next stage of the deal with confidence.

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