During corporate transactions like mergers and acquisitions, Technology Due Diligence is crucial but often overlooked.
Our methodology focuses on three key areas that can impact the success of the project in strategic, financial, or operational terms:
  • Integration Challenges & Risks: We assess the target organization’s business applications, systems, network state, and security infrastructure. Our analysis includes manual processing within operational routines, contractual and technological dependencies on third-party vendors, and risks associated with key personnel.
  • Technology Effectiveness: We evaluate the digital maturity of the organization, future investment requirements, software licensing irregularities, and threats from digitalization and technological advancement.
  • Cyber, Privacy & Business Continuity: This pillar addresses risks from privacy issues, cyber-attacks, disaster recovery challenges, and the complexities of cloud adoption and remote data access.
We offer comprehensive consulting packages to support regulatory compliance and certification against ISO27001 for information security and ISO22301 for disaster recovery and business continuity.
These projects include:
  • Management scope definition.
  • Development of information security and business continuity policies.
  • Asset analysis and categorization.
  • Business Impact Analysis (BIA).
  • Threat and vulnerability analysis.
  • Risk assessment and control selection.
  • Development of processes, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
  • Project management for the implementation of new or improved controls.
  • Support during the certification audit.
Our extensive experience in the banking sector includes projects aimed at ensuring regulatory compliance:
  • Reviews of frameworks for managing outsourced activities and Service Providers.
  • AML effectiveness reviews.
  • Review of technology-dependent internal controls.
  • GDPR and privacy compliance reviews.
We provide assurance services in these critical areas, helping build confidence with regulators, shareholders, and management. Our Systems and Organization Controls (SOC) Reporting capabilities support service providers to demonstrate their strong control environment and build trust with their stakeholders.
Our IT Assurance solutions help benchmark your technology environment against industry peers, providing executives with independent views on their technology challenges.
These solutions are designed to offer reassurance on technology choices and assess the future effectiveness of technology ecosystems and business applications.
At Baker Tilly, our commitment is to deliver specialized, insightful, and comprehensive services that address the intricate challenges of technology and regulatory compliance in the modern business landscape.
Our goal is to empower organizations with the tools and knowledge necessary to make informed decisions and stay competitive in an ever-evolving digital world.