IAM due diligence that prices identity risk before you sign.
Most diligence covers financials, contracts, and tech debt. Identity and access management rarely gets the same scrutiny, yet it carries breach exposure, audit findings, and integration cost that land squarely on the acquirer after close.
During the diligence window, we run a focused review of the target's identity estate and turn it into something the deal team can actually use: a quantified, evidence-backed picture of the risk, ready before the number is locked.
We work from whatever the deal allows, whether that's directory exports, IAM tooling, policy artifacts, or stakeholder interviews. Findings come back in the terms a transaction runs on, namely cost and effort and exposure, and they're shaped to slot straight into your diligence workstream, valuation, reps and warranties, and integration budget.
What's included
Identity estate & directory discovery
An inventory of directories, identity providers, SSO, and authoritative sources across the target, including the shadow and legacy systems that rarely appear on an org chart.
Privileged access & entitlement risk review
Where admin rights, standing privilege, and over-provisioned access concentrate, and what that means for breach exposure and segregation of duties.
Authentication & legacy exposure findings
MFA coverage, weak or legacy authentication, orphaned and shared accounts, and the externally exposed surface that follows the target into the combined entity.
Integration cost & complexity estimate
A defensible estimate of what it will take to integrate identity safely, so the cost is underwritten in the deal rather than discovered in month three.
Talk through IAM due diligence for your deal.
A 30-minute discovery call to understand where you are in the transaction and where identity risk is most likely hiding. No obligation, just a clear read on next steps.
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