Deal-Grade Cyber Diligence — technical depth on a deal clock.
Pre-deal cyber due diligence that goes past a questionnaire — real findings, quantified risk, and a 100-day plan for the thesis and the close.
- Senior-led delivery.
- No tools sold.
- Evidence-driven reporting.
What we assess.
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Target attack surface and exposure
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Security maturity and team capability
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Prior-incident signals
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The remediation cost that affects valuation
Built for the deal.
Senior-led, fast, and framed for the investment committee — what the risk is, what it costs, and what the first 100 days require.
The HackingByte Engagement Brief
Every engagement ends in three connected artifacts.
Technical Report
for your engineers
Executive Risk Brief
for your leadership and board
Action Plan
prioritized, owner-assigned, and scoped to what your team can actually do
Deal-grade framing, with a prioritized post-close remediation view.
For portfolios.
Framework retainers for repeat diligence and portfolio-wide fractional CISO support.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you work to our deal timeline?
- Yes — diligence is senior-led and scoped to the deal clock, with IC-ready output.
- What do we actually receive?
- A deal-grade Engagement Brief: findings, quantified risk for the thesis, and a 100-day remediation view.
- Do you support repeat diligence across a portfolio?
- Yes — via a framework retainer, with optional portfolio vCISO support.
Have a target under LOI? Tell us the close date on a scoping call and we’ll scope diligence to it.