Assess the Security Posture Before You Inherit the Risk
Acquiring a company means acquiring its security posture — including gaps, vulnerabilities, and incident history you may not see during standard due diligence. RLM conducts independent security assessments that give deal teams and CISOs the visibility they need to quantify risk and plan remediation.
Security Posture Review
RLM provides independent, vendor-neutral advisory that gives deal teams and integration leaders the technology clarity they need to make informed decisions and execute with confidence.
Security Architecture Review
We evaluate the target's security architecture — endpoint protection, network security, identity management, email security, and cloud security controls — benchmarking against industry frameworks and the acquiring organization's standards.
Control Gap Identification
We identify missing or inadequate security controls — unpatched systems, unmanaged endpoints, weak access controls, and unmonitored network segments — quantifying the risk each gap represents and the cost to remediate.
Incident & Breach History
We review the target's incident history, breach disclosures, and security event patterns — assessing whether past incidents indicate systemic weaknesses or were isolated events that have been properly addressed.
Security Stack Evaluation
We inventory security tools across both organizations — EDR, SIEM, firewalls, vulnerability scanners, and email gateways — identifying overlap, integration challenges, and the rationalization path for the combined security stack.
Security Team & Process Assessment
We evaluate the security team's capabilities, staffing levels, operational processes, and incident response readiness — identifying where the combined organization will have gaps and where talent overlap creates consolidation opportunities.
Remediation & Integration Plan
We build the prioritized remediation roadmap — critical fixes that must happen before or immediately after close, medium-term integration milestones, and the target security architecture for the combined organization.
Where This Matters Most
Sector-specific considerations we see repeatedly in manda advisory engagements.
A Sample of the M&A Advisory Providers We Evaluate
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Ready to Assess the Target's Security Posture?
Start with a no-cost security review — we'll evaluate the target's controls, identify the gaps, and quantify the remediation cost.
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