Agentless Device Security for M&A
Quickly and Accurately Identify Assets and Evaluate Risks When Growing Through M&A
During a merger or acquisition (M&A) process, due diligence requires that IT and security managers from the acquiring firm assess the digital infrastructure of the business that is going to be acquired. This typically starts with a detailed inventory of the new organization’s devices, applications, and systems. It also requires you to understand the potential risks associated with the new organization’s assets, and that you develop a plan to mitigate these risks once the two environments are integrated.
Traditional security products are not well-suited for this use case. For example, the information in inventory systems like IT Asset Management (ITAM) and Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) are usually out-of-date and incomplete.
Network scanners can miss devices, or worse, can disrupt critical devices causing costly downtime. Discovery products that require agents, like Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and systems management products (e.g. Microsoft SCCM) are costly and difficult to deploy, and they’re ineffective for unmanaged, IoT, medical, and industrial devices that can’t host agents.
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