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Buying a Company Means Buying Its Cyber Debt, Too, Quest Technology Management Warns
Source: PR Newswire
M&A & RestructuringCybersecurity & Data Privacy
Quest CEO Tim Burke warned that midmarket acquirers may inherit unpatched systems, monitoring gaps and misconfigured security tools immediately upon closing an acquisition. The comments highlight cybersecurity due-diligence and post-merger integration risks that could create operational and financial liabilities for buyers.
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