How to secure mergers & acquisitions from software supply chain attacks

There are varying levels of cybersecurity vetting used during mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Traditionally, acquiring organizations rely on techniques such as third party questionnaires to understand the cybersecurity posture of the company they would like to purchase. But the majority of security measures leveraged during the M&A process fail to capture one of the fastest growing and highly consequential threats today: attacks on software supply chains and third party software providers. 

Organizations considering a merger or acquisition need to properly …

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