CHAPTER 4: IT SECURITY
Overview
IT security was rarely a separate topic in the scope of IT due diligence until five years ago and the high risk for intellectual property to be accessed and stolen by hackers. It deserves its own chapter because if intellectual property is being stolen, the value of the company reduces the longer it remains defenceless and the hack goes undetected. Due to the high risk of hacking in many sectors, IT security is now a boardroom topic and chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) have at least an appreciation of it. There have even been cases where sensitive information about M&A transactions has been allegedly hacked during due diligence reviews.
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