For private equity firms, assessing the vulnerability of a prospective portfolio company’s information technology infrastructure is essential, no matter how small the target. The 2016 NetDiligence Cyber Claims Study found that nearly 90 percent of claims submitted were from companies with less than $2 billion in revenue.
First featured in the 2017 GP Operations Compendium, Daimon Geopfert and Dan MacAndrew of RSM share the biggest red flags for any potential acquisition.