Navigating M&A: What Every Security Leader Needs to Know

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Date: Thursday, July 17th
Time: 12:30 PM PDT / 3:30 PM EDT

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are exciting – new products, new colleagues, new possibilities. Often overlooked, cybersecurity can make or break the success of the entire deal.

Acquirers often face fragmented systems, different security policies, and new vulnerabilities. These issues don't just increase operational complexity. They introduce real security risks. Organizations may find themselves vulnerable to an attack during the deal, acquire an organization with an existing breach, or inherit regulatory fines.

Dave Lewis (Global Advisory CISO at 1Password), Wendy Nather (Senior Director of Research Initiatives at 1Password), and Kane Narraway (Head of Enterprise Security at Canva) draw on deep operational experience to examine the security implications of M&A, outline strategies for mitigating risk pre- and post-integration, and demonstrate why security architecture must be embedded in the earliest phases of due diligence.

Join us for practical advice on:

• What to evaluate during the due diligence period, and how to prioritize risks during the transition.
• How to approach access control across fragmented systems during the transition, including harmonizing inconsistent policies and controls.
• How to respond to growing risks like social engineering and insider threats that thrive in this environment.
• How compliance adherence becomes significantly more complex across distributed teams—and the critical first steps organizations should take to address it.

Plus, you’ll also learn how 1Password helps enterprises with frequent M&A activity discover, govern, and manage applications and devices.