CybersecurityOperationsOpen accessPublished 3 Oct 2026
Guides cyber due diligence and governance—M&A/investment diligence, vendor and third-party
assessments, questionnaire and evidence review, control maturity and gaps, integration risk, IC/board
cyber briefs, and governance cadence.
Use for target or vendor security diligence, SIG/CAIQ review, deal or procurement committee packs,
post-close integration planning, or IC/board cyber briefs—not pentest (penetration-tester,
web-pentester, network-pentester), AI governance only (ai-risk-governance), risk register without
diligence (security-risk-analyst), GRC audit prep (compliance-specialist), contract redlines
(commercial-counsel), closing logistics (transaction-manager), contr…