From the course: Managing Your Cybersecurity Program through a Merger or Acquisition

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Basic cybersecurity terms in M&A: Part 1

Basic cybersecurity terms in M&A: Part 1

From the course: Managing Your Cybersecurity Program through a Merger or Acquisition

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Basic cybersecurity terms in M&A: Part 1

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- [Instructor] Now that we understand the end-to-end business process for mergers and acquisitions, we are almost ready to start discussing the importance of cybersecurity due diligence in these transactions and discover how it is performed. But for those viewers who are new to cybersecurity, let's cover the basic cybersecurity terms first so that you are prepared to understand the rest of the course. Due to the number of terms we need to cover, there are two videos on the basic cybersecurity terms and definitions. The first term is vulnerability assessment. Vulnerability is a gap or weakness in software, hardware, or business and technical processes or procedures that attackers are able to exploit if identified. Vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying these vulnerabilities within the enterprise's core systems and assets so that they can be addressed and closed, protecting the business against any…

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