What Security Leaders Should Watch For When Companies Buy Or Sell A Business
Help Net Security, Friday, December 5th, 2025
In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan, SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Sullivan talks about the types of risk an acquiring company can take on, including cyber exposure, compliance duties, and past governance decisions. He outlines why data handling matters throughout the process, from deciding what should move to keeping records of how data was sent and received.