Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involve exchanging vast amounts of sensitive data and information, making cybersecurity essential to protect the integrity of confidential data; failure to effectively prevent cyber risks can lead to financial consequences, damage to reputation, loss of trust, and regulatory fines. To address these challenges, a comprehensive cybersecurity checklist is crucial, including steps such as early due diligence, adopting risk metrics, establishing a cybersecurity team, developing a risk mitigation strategy, planning for IT integration, checking for third-party risks, implementing identity and access governance, creating an incident response plan, ensuring ongoing monitoring, training employees, and conducting cybersecurity drills to prepare staff for potential cyber threats. ```
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