Secure your private equity throughout the transaction lifecycle

A recent Forbes article reported that 65% of companies experience regret after a deal due to cybersecurity concerns. Next in our PE Portfolio and Private Company Webcast Series, we explore industry- leading cybersecurity practices to protect PE and portfolio companies across the ownership lifecycle — from origination to value creation and through to exit.

Two former FBI cybersecurity agents and the former national coordinator for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Cybercrime Prosecution function will lead a discussion on the current threat environment, impact on transactions and mitigation strategies often used during diligence, value creation and exit.

The overall agenda will include:

• Current cyber threat environment for transactions and PE
• Industry leading practices to protect PE and PortCos during
  • Diligence  
  • Technical testing
  • Hold/value creation period
  • Exit

Leading the discussions from Ernst & Young LLP will be:

• Adam Malone, EY Private Equity Cyber Leader and former FBI cybersecurity agent
• Brian Levine, Ernst & Young LLP Managing Director for Cyber and Data Privacy and former DOJ national cybercrime coordinator
• John Hauser, EY Americas Cyber Due Diligence Leader and former FBI cybersecurity agent and assistant US attorney