Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Accelerate secure business transitions with Netwrix identity and data security solutions
Every merger, acquisition, or divestiture introduces major cybersecurity challenges: integrating disparate IT systems, managing user access, and protecting sensitive data during transitions.
Unclassified sensitive data inherited at close
Mergers instantly expand your data footprint with unknown volumes of regulated data, financial records and intellectual property. Without immediate discovery and classification, hidden exposure can trigger compliance violations, breach risk and delayed integration.
Entitlement sprawl after directory consolidation
Combining domains, groups and legacy roles creates widespread overexposure. Redundant accounts, inherited permissions and excessive privileges leave sensitive deal and operational data broadly accessible long after roles change.
Heightened insider and IP exfiltration risk
M&A transitions create uncertainty that increases the likelihood of intentional or accidental data theft. Employees can quickly copy strategic plans, customer data or proprietary research — often through endpoints and AI tools beyond traditional controls.
Inability to prove governance during scrutiny
Regulators, legal teams and boards demand evidence of controlled access during transactions. Disparate logging and inconsistent reviews make it difficult to demonstrate who had access to sensitive data and how risk was reduced.
Gain control of M&A data and identity risk
Netwrix helps organizations maintain control, minimize risk, and accelerate secure integration or separation by delivering full visibility into data, and identities across hybrid environments.
Accelerated onboarding and offboarding
Automate identity lifecycle management and privilege provisioning to support fast and secure user transitions.
Continuous visibility and auditing
Track all changes, access events, and policy deviations in real time to ensure nothing slips through the cracks during complex migrations.
Unified risk assessment and reporting
Detect security gaps across on-prem and cloud systems. PingCastle provides comprehensive Active Directory security assessments to prioritize and remediate identity-related risks.
Protection against data loss and insider threats
Endpoint Protector and Access Analyzer safeguard critical data during migrations, preventing accidental exposure or malicious exfiltration.
Key Benefits
Reduce M&A risk with full data and access visibility
Unify and secure IT environments during change
M&A and divestiture processes often involve combining or splitting Active Directory forests, cloud tenants, and data repositories. Netwrix gives IT and security teams continuous visibility across these environments, helping them identify misconfigurations, redundant access rights, and risky accounts before they become a problem.
Protect sensitive data throughout the transaction
Prevent data leaks and unauthorized transfers during sensitive deal phases. Netwrix enables secure file sharing, monitors privileged activity, and applies consistent data protection controls across all endpoints and storage systems.
Streamline identity consolidation
Simplify complex identity integrations with automated provisioning, entitlement reviews, and governance workflows. Netwrix Identity Manager ensures new users gain the right access at the right time and departing users lose access immediately.
Reduce risk exposure during divestiture
When separating business units, Netwrix ensures access, data, and configurations are securely isolated. Privileged Secure removes unnecessary administrative rights, enforces just-in-time access, and records every session for auditability.
Key Capabilities
Secure data and identities throughout the M&A process
