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Wendi Finn, Owner
Wendi is a CPA with a MS in Technology. She spent six years working for the big 4 in public accounting as a system security expert, has 10 years experience as a professor, and has published four books.
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During an acquisition or merger companies are very interested in revenue, losses, potential for growth and the like. Technology is all too often an after-thought. In this course we discuss techniques and methodologies for evaluating the new infrastructure, as well as the impact to existing infrastructure.
This course provides you with a checklist of technology items to consider during an acquisition or merger. We walk through a sample assessment and discuss critical points of consideration. Lastly, we discuss control procedures and security measures that should be defined as part of the acquisition risk assessment.
Learning Objectives
- Explore techniques for identifying technologies.
- Discover how to assess critical control points and security measures.
- Recognize how to define and assess Information Technology (IT) Risk related to the acquisition or merger.
Last updated/reviewed: May 7, 2022
3 Reviews (17 ratings)Reviews
Anonymous
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Great checklist to have handy when asking about IT during due diligence. I'm usually focused on the financials and am fairly comfortable with evaluating accounting software, but this course provides a list that could help determine which IT experts are needed.
Wayne Burns
(CFO at Lone Tree Inc)
wonderful explaination of basic concepts. I will be looking forward to the next level in this series.
Anonymous
(CFO)
Very nice little overview and gets you thinking about risks. Would take a again..
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
Education Provider Information
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Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
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