Navigating Security pitfalls during M&A : Playbooks & Strategies for doing acquisitions right

Presented at BSidesLV 2023, Aug. 9, 2023, 3 p.m. (Unknown duration)

In this talk, we will share our firsthand experience and practical insights from having done over a dozen acquisitions. We will walk through playbooks that we developed to scale the pre acquisition security evaluation process and post close integration steps. The talk focuses on minimizing risk to the parent org without slowing down the business. By attending this talk, the audience can walk away with a comprehensive framework to do M&A securely.

Presenters:

  • vinay prabhushankar
    Vinay brings over 12 years of experience in the security industry, having previously held positions at Microsoft and Splunk. Currently serving as the Security Lead at Snap Inc. Vinay is responsible for seamlessly integrating Snap's acquisitions into their ecosystem. Vinay has shared his expertise as a presenter at Bluehat 2016 and is known for conducting developer security training sessions. He has a keen interest in Cloud security and Zero Trust Architecture. He tweets @zephyrvinay.
  • Murali Vadakke Puthanveetil
    Murali Vadakke Puthanveetil is a Security Lead at Snap Inc. He is particularly interested in authentication and authorization logic used by web applications. Murali has presented at Bluehat 2016 and at OWASP AppSec USA (2017, 2018, 2019). He tweets as @0xMurali

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