PRE-ACQUISITION IT DUE DILIGENCE

Evaluate the technology
before you inherit the risk.

Technology debt, legacy unpatched servers, and unrecorded SaaS liabilities directly erode post-close EBITDA. Fluid’s specialized M&A technology audit delivers deal-ready cost modeling within 5 to 10 business days.

14-POINT AUDIT FRAMEWORK

What Fluid evaluates during pre-acquisition diligence:

DOMAIN 1

Cybersecurity Posture

Active threat detection, EDR/MDR telemetry, patch status, and vulnerability scanning.

DOMAIN 2

Infrastructure & Server Debt

Age, end-of-life OS platforms, SAN/NAS storage health, and server hardware depreciation.

DOMAIN 3

Identity & Access Management

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), MFA enforcement, domain controller health, and offboarding rules.

DOMAIN 4

Cloud & Tenant Architecture

Azure & AWS cloud configuration, tenant ownership security, and cloud capex optimization.

DOMAIN 5

SaaS Stack & License Compliance

Shadow IT software usage, license seat over-provisioning, and legacy software agreements.

DOMAIN 6

Technical Debt & Remediation Cost

Itemized 100-day capital expenditure requirements formatted directly for deal modeling.

DOMAIN 7

Backups & Ransomware Recovery

Air-gapped, immutable cloud backups and tested recovery time objectives (RTO).

DOMAIN 8

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery runbooks, multi-region redundancy, and operational risk factors.

DOMAIN 9

Regulatory & Cyber Insurance Compliance

FTC Safeguards, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and cyber insurance policy renewal eligibility.

DOMAIN 10

Vendor Contracts & Licensing

Third-party MSP contracts, software renewal commitments, and vendor termination fees.

DOMAIN 11

Internal Staffing & Key-Person Risk

IT team skill assessments, tribal knowledge dependencies, and organizational flight risk.

DOMAIN 12

System Documentation & Runbooks

Network topology diagrams, asset registries, passwords, and SOP documentation.

DOMAIN 13

Scalability & M&A Expansion Potential

Capacity of current systems to support add-on acquisitions and rapid headcount scaling.

DOMAIN 14

Enterprise Value & Exit Readiness Scoring

Scoring technology risk against industry benchmarks to protect sell-side valuation.

INTERACTIVE DUE DILIGENCE ESTIMATOR

Evaluate target technology before you inherit the risk.

Use this interactive tool to estimate technical risk vectors, recommended 100-day remediation cost ranges, and required audit scope for target acquisitions.

ESTIMATED RISK PROFILE MODERATE RISK
ESTIMATED 100-DAY REMEDIATION BRACKET:
$45,000 – $85,000
Itemized capex/opex model delivered within 5 business days.
Recommended Audit Scope:
Complete Active Directory & Entra ID Audit
Cyber Insurance Compliance Audit
100-Day Integration Cost Modeling

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