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Acquisitions can change ownership of security teams, systems, and data, creating risks around access, integration, compliance, and incident response.

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An acquisition is the purchase of a company, business unit, or technology by another organization, transferring control of its people, systems, and data. In information security, the event matters because the buyer may inherit unfamiliar networks, cloud services, software, credentials, suppliers, and unresolved security issues.

Before integration, security due diligence should identify exposed systems, critical vulnerabilities, active threats, prior incidents, and obligations governing personal or regulated data. After closing, teams must control access between environments, remove unnecessary accounts, verify asset ownership and logging, and bring inherited systems into vulnerability-management and monitoring processes. Connecting legacy infrastructure too quickly can create new attack paths, while poorly planned changes can hinder detection or incident response. Privacy and compliance reviews should confirm that data use, retention, and cross-border transfers remain lawful under the combined organization.

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Bank Info Security 2 years, 1 month ago

Tenable Boosts Data, Cloud Security With Eureka Acquisition

Tenable to Natively Integrate Eureka's Data Security Posture Management ProductTenable plans to acquire Israeli startup Eureka to enhance its cloud security platform with advanced data security posture management capabilities. The transaction aims to provide customers with comprehensive risk assessment and management tools in a single, unified platform.

Bank Info Security 8 Jun 2024, 9:00 a.m. Acquisition Cloud Israel Security Posture Management Startup
Bank Info Security 2 years, 1 month ago

Cryptohack Roundup: Robinhood to Acquire Bitstamp

Also: FBI Warns About Work-From-Home Scammers Demanding CryptoThis week, Robinhood said it will acquire Bitstamp in a $200 million deal, a senior promoter of the Forcount crypto Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty, crypto scammers targeted work-from-home job seekers, and Tether and CoinGecko warned of crypto phishing attacks.

Bank Info Security 7 Jun 2024, 9:00 a.m. Acquisition Cryptocurrency FBI Phishing Warning
Bank Info Security 2 years, 1 month ago

Scaling Threat Intel, Consulting: Mandiant's Way With Google

Mandiant's Sandra Joyce, Jurgen Kutscher Talk Post-Acquisition Growth, InnovationsSandra Joyce and Jurgen Kutscher highlight the significant advancements in Mandiant's threat intelligence and consulting services following Google's September 2022 acquisition, emphasizing improved scalability, engineering support and global reach as well as new focuses on AI and cloud threats.

Bank Info Security 4 Jun 2024, 10:30 a.m. Acquisition Artificial Intelligence Cloud Google Threat Intelligence