Cybersecurity teams have limited budgets and capacity, so during M&A you need to identify your crown jewels first and protect them immediately. The speaker outlines a three-step approach: recognize constraints, pinpoint critical assets, and monitor integration points before tackling broader post-merger work.
I would say because of our background on building programs, we know like no cyber budget is bottomless. They don't have unlimited people, process. Even if I had those things, I don't have unlimited change capacities. We're taught, we're learning our experience, like find the critical crown jewels, focus on those immediately. That's your focus. And so M&A is somewhat very similar as like acquiring company, find the crown jewels, get those secured, report those back, key things in integration to watch for, and then we'll get to the next things.
