High-Risk Assessment: Surgical Focus

Service Description

This intensive, 4-hour engagement is designed for Private Equity and Corporate Development teams under severe time pressure, where an immediate, expert-led assessment of mission-critical cyber risks is required to keep the deal on track. Ashley, leveraging her background in global incident response (DoD and Google M&A), applies a rapid, proprietary methodology to execute Surgical Risk Removal by focusing only on the areas most likely to harbor "dead bodies" or threaten the deal's financial terms. Key Deliverables: Top 5 Deal-Breaker Risks: An executive summary detailing the five most critical, high-impact cyber and privacy risks that could immediately impact valuation, indemnity, or Day One operations. Incident History Deep Dive: Rapid analysis of available artifacts (e.g., dark web mentions, public filings, key system logs) to identify and quantify potential undisclosed breach history. Targeted Compliance Gaps: A focused review of regulatory touchpoints (e.g., CCPA, GDPR, industry-specific rules) most likely to result in immediate fines or litigation risk post-close. Go/No-Go Recommendation: A clear, preliminary recommendation on whether to proceed with the current deal terms or what immediate adjustments (e.g., escrow) are necessary.