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Third-Party Risk and M&A
Post-Close Integration Assessment
Plan and manage security integration after close: identity consolidation, network connection risk, control harmonization, and compliance scope.
What it covers
The engagement in detail
Assessment and planning for the integration of an acquired entity, covering identity and access consolidation, network and environment connection risk, policy and control harmonization, compliance scope changes, and the sequencing that manages risk during the period when two environments become one.
Who it is for
Designed for established organizations measuring and maturing an existing security program.
What you receive
Deliverables from this engagement
- Integration risk assessment
- Sequencing plan
- Control harmonization roadmap
- Milestone tracking
Terms
How an engagement works
Every engagement is scoped individually and conducted under a nondisclosure agreement and a master services agreement, beginning with a scoping conversation and a written statement of work that defines scope, deliverables, and sequence. The four steps this practice follows are set out in full on the Third-Party Risk and M&A page.
- Prepare for a transaction or assess a third party
- Established Enterprises
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Start with a confidential conversation
Thirty minutes on whether this is the right engagement for the question you have been asked, and what it would take to answer it.