Secure M&A Process with Business Software

Onboarding new employees is among the most challenging aspects in any M&A. It’s important to start them on the right track as fast as is possible. Ineffective onboarding practices could result in lower productivity and result in a high rate of turnover following M&A. It’s also critical that the company that is buying take on the new workforce as quickly as possible to reap the benefits of the deal.

During the M&A, IT teams are required to connect users from both systems efficiently without introducing security gaps and damaging data integrity. The challenge is made more challenging when it comes to onboarding employees who use their personal devices or third-party applications, such as cloud-based social media or cloud-based services.

Cybersecurity professionals must bigideats.com tackle these challenges, by integrating themselves into M&A processes from the beginning and ensuring they have visibility over all moving components. This includes the post-merger integration phase and due diligence analysis. It is crucial that CISOs approach M&As with a servant mentality and present cybersecurity risks in a way that executive teams understand. This means not using technical language and using metrics that executives can understand.

Our M&A software solution allows you to monitor and manage the M&A process through an integrated dashboard that shows every activity, target, emails, conversations, documents and issues in real time. You can tailor the software to meet your specific needs by configuring fields, lists and reports. We’ve also included built-in features like two-factor authentication, audit logs and security controls to ensure conformity with security policies and controls.