From the course: Managing Your Cybersecurity Program through a Merger or Acquisition

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M&A cybersecurity strategy

M&A cybersecurity strategy

- [Narrator] We have seen in recent years that businesses can be severely disrupted due to cybersecurity incidents or data breaches. It may not only impact the business on financial, regulatory or legal fronts, but most critically of all, it can break that trust with your customers, which is hard to mend once it's broken. So there is no doubt that security has become a business risk today, and its impacts are not just faced by the company alone, but it's entire supply chain. But at the same time, we should not forget that unless the business offers security services or products, cybersecurity is just a supporting function to help enable the business to achieve its key strategic goals. Whether that's a pharmaceutical company that needs to protect its research or a shoe company that provides innovative products to its customers, giving the company a competitive edge. So what key things should an effective M&A…

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