Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) for M&A Due Diligence
Understand the financial impact of cyber risk long before the deal is closed. Kovrr’s CRQ platform equips security and risk leaders to conduct fast, data-driven cyber due diligence during mergers and acquisitions, ensuring cyber exposure is fully quantified and strategically accounted for.
Why Cyber Risk Can Derail M&A Deals
Traditional due diligence processes often overlook the true cost of cyber risk. Common gaps include:
A lack of financial, data-driven visibility into the organization’s cyber exposure.
Overreliance on static security assessments, audits, or compliance checklists.
Unseen inherited cyber risk from third-party tools, data, or previous incidents.
No shared framework for evaluating cybersecurit risk in tangible business terms.
Tech audits
Spreadsheets
Unknown loss scenarios
Limited valuation insights
Financial risk quantification
Loss scenario modeling
Risk exposure simulations
Business-aligned metrics
Feature Highlights:
Assess Financial Exposure: Quantify cyber loss scenarios (e.g., ransomware, data breach) in dollar terms.
Compare Risk Postures: Benchmark the target’s exposure against industry norms and risk tolerance levels.
Simulate Post-Acquisition Risk: Model the combined exposure of buyer and target, ensuring visibility.
Prioritize Mitigation: Identify critical cybersecurity risks that need to be addressed pre- or post-close.
Enable Risk-Based Pricing: Use financial insights to adjust deal terms, valuation, or escrow reserves.
The cost of acquiring a business includes the cost of bringing its cyber risk down to acceptable levels.
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Confident Decisions and Stronger Deals With CRQ
Faster Risk Assessments: Complete the cyber due diligence in days, not weeks.
Stronger Valuations: Discover what cyber risk could actually cost the company.
Strategic Negotiation: Use risk insights to shape deal terms, liability, or post-close obligations.
Executive-Ready Reports: Deliver financial clarity to legal, finance, and board stakeholders.
Unlock Business Value from Risk Data: Translate cybersecurity posture into deal-time decision power.
“I’ve been eager to embrace cyber risk quantification for years but struggled to find a cost-effective path forward. Kovrr offers an actionable and validated cyber risk quantification platform. We’re excited to satisfy long standing risk management goals, while we mature our internal dialogue, refine budget allocation, and realize savings.”
“The ROI calculations make the cyber risk management story more compelling.”
“This enables our largest global clients to seamlessly and continuously financially quantify their cyber risk exposure with confidence. It provides the insights CISO's and Board executives need to prioritise and manage their cyber security initiatives to reduce their cyber risk exposure.”
Cyber Risk is a Core Business Variable in Every Deal
Without a clear understanding of the risks your organization may inherit or the cost to bring them in line with risk appetite, you’re negotiating in the dark. Integrating CRQ into M&A due diligence is no longer optional.
CRQ for M&A Due Diligence FAQs
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Can Kovrr compare the cyber risk of multiple acquisition targets?
Is it possible to simulate post-merger cyber risk exposure?
Can Kovrr help evaluate cyber risk across a portfolio of companies?
