Acquisition candidates screening in Cybersecurity services

Emerton was asked by one of its client to perform a screening of independent suppliers in the cybersecurity space to identify potential cybersecurity companies for acquisition.

Emerton support:

• Step 1– First list of independent cybersecurity service companies in OT, IoT and Data protection (out of 170 identified in the 3 selected European countries)
• Step 2 – Selection of screening criteria and documentation of criteria through litsearch and 50 interviews
• Step 3 – Short list and zoom on each potential target
• Step 4 – Prioritization of targets (4 targets as priority one)
• Step 5 – Acquisition strategy options and recommendation