Invest in diligence as certainty grows. Start early, focus on the target’s crown jewels, and go deeper where the evidence matters.
Query publicly available data — privacy agreements, SEC filings and other public sources — for early signals and red flags, before you invest in deeper diligence.
Analyze the target’s trust documents — SOC 2, PCI, SIG and other controls documentation — to test early signals and assess exposure around its most valuable assets. Findings here become valuation and negotiation points.
Deploy a standard or custom questionnaire to confirm the document findings and fill the gaps they leave behind — focused on the target’s crown jewels, not an expanded checklist.
Interviews and follow-up verify what has actually been done and the exposure already identified — before you sign.
AI helps process information economically enough to make earlier analysis practical. Industry context, threat data, MITRE attack knowledge, Verizon reporting and common-control frameworks inform the review — with findings framed around acquisition value.
