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July 28, 2016

Cybersecurity: M&A Due Diligence

In this report, there are a number of findings about cybersecurity due diligence in M&A, including:

– 80% say cybersecurity issues are highly important in due diligence
– 77% say importance of a target’s cybersecurity has increased significantly over the last two years
– 40% say not enough time was devoted to cybersecurity diligence for recent deals
– 30% say not enough qualified people were involved in the diligence process