Transaction Due Diligence - Privacy and Security Review

Driven by strict global privacy regulations and increased severity of data breaches, many businesses today are prioritising privacy and security of their data. As more transactions involve valuable data assets, privacy and security are now critical components in due diligence. But unaddressed data risks can significantly impact valuations, deal value and risk allocation profiles.

Building Privacy and Security Into your Due Diligence

Combining expertise in global privacy and security, transactions and valuations, FTI Consulting can help protect your deal by assessing and documenting key data assets and addressing privacy risks during your transaction due diligence.

Understand the data risks in a transaction

We can help you quickly and defensibly identify and document data risks in transaction due diligence by:

addressing the compliance landscape, and assessing applicability of cybersecurity and data protection laws around the globe
reviewing and assessing adequacy of cybersecurity, privacy and data
governance frameworks, policies and procedures
mapping data flows, and identifying critical IP and key risk areas
conducting a penetration test to assess the effectiveness of
cybersecurity controls
valuing information assets to support negotiations
assessing key third-party arrangements and third-party risk
researching and draft due diligence memoranda
planning and implementing post-acquisition integration and
remediation work
conducting a compromise assessment to identify any past or ongoing malicious activities.