CLIENT CHALLENGE This private equity firm was in final negotiations in its bid for a majority stake in a fast-growing provider of a Software-as-a-Service security solution. An earlier due diligence review (also performed by Coalfire) confirmed the value proposition of the SaaS service but also highlighted significant deficiencies in the SaaS-provider’s own controls program. Those deficiencies led to material doubts about the deal economics, and principals at the PE firm needed an expert, independent opinion on the post-acquisition remediation requirements. APPROACH Given the fixed nature of the deal timeline, the firm commissioned Coalfire to conduct an expedited and selective cybersecurity assessment. Coalfire designed a penetration test to emulate both insider and external

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