# M&A Cybersecurity Due Diligence

> From $25K · Specialized & Industry · https://cisomarketplace.services/services/ma-cybersecurity-due-diligence

Comprehensive cybersecurity assessment and risk analysis for mergers, acquisitions, and investment decisions. Tailored for PE firms, VCs, and corporate buyers to evaluate cyber risks before completing transactions.

## In scope

- Security posture evaluation
- Infrastructure and architecture review
- Compliance and regulatory assessment
- Security incident history analysis
- Third-party vendor risk assessment
- Technical debt evaluation
- Security team capability assessment
- Cloud infrastructure security review
- Data protection and privacy analysis
- Security roadmap evaluation

## Deliverables

- Executive summary for investment decision-makers
- Detailed technical due diligence report
- Risk assessment matrix
- Security maturity scorecard
- Post-acquisition security roadmap
- Cost analysis for security improvements
- Integration risk assessment
- Compliance gap analysis
- Technical debt quantification
- Remediation priority recommendations

## Tiers

### Core M&A Security Assessment: $25K

Due diligence on 1 target of up to 250 employees: data-room document review, up to 5 stakeholder interviews, external attack surface scan, incident history and compliance review, and a red-flag report for the deal team. No system access needed.

Limits: subjects 1, employees 250, locations 1, cloud accounts 1, vendors 5

Includes:
- Data-room security documentation review
- Up to 5 stakeholder interviews
- External attack surface and breach-exposure scan
- Incident history and compliance review
- Executive summary and risk matrix for decision-makers

Excludes:
- Authenticated technical analysis of cloud and infrastructure
- Remediation cost quantification
- Integration planning
- Penetration testing

### Advanced M&A Security Program: $45K

Due diligence on 1 target of up to 1,000 employees. Adds read-only technical analysis of up to 3 cloud accounts and core infrastructure, review of up to 15 key vendors, security team capability assessment, maturity scorecard, remediation cost estimates and integration risk.

Limits: subjects 1, employees 1000, locations 3, cloud accounts 3, vendors 15

Includes:
- Everything in the Core tier
- Read-only configuration review of up to 3 cloud accounts and core infrastructure
- Third-party risk review of up to 15 key vendors
- Security maturity scorecard and team capability assessment
- Remediation cost analysis and technical debt quantification
- Integration risk assessment

Excludes:
- Hands-on penetration testing
- Quantified risk modeling for deal pricing
- Post-close security strategy and 100-day plan

### Enterprise M&A Security Solution: $75K

Due diligence on 1 target of up to 2,500 employees. Adds targeted penetration testing and compromise assessment tooling, quantified loss modeling to support price and escrow terms, and a post-merger security strategy with a 100-day plan.

Limits: subjects 1, employees 2500, locations 5, cloud accounts 5, vendors 30

Includes:
- Everything in the Advanced tier
- Targeted external and internal penetration testing
- Compromise assessment of the target environment
- Quantified risk and remediation cost model
- Post-acquisition security roadmap and 100-day integration plan
- Deal-team and board briefing

Excludes:
- Execution of post-close remediation
- Legal or regulatory opinions
- More than 1 target entity (each scoped separately)

## Terms

Starting price shown is the lowest published tier. A written proposal fixes scope, tier and price before anything is signed. Timeline is set in the SOW.

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