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.
Software written or acquired outside of IT's purview is software that IT can't evaluate for security or compliance.
Combined solutions expected to deliver complete API visibility and security coverage across all of the OWASP API top 10 attacks.
The combined company will boost ZeroFox's attack surface management capabilities.