Security Operations: Who are your international partners, and in what countries do they operate? Have you done due diligence to investigate any history of security breaches or bad business practices? Do you have a strong line of communication with the executive board? Have methods in place to protect your intellectual property? Have access controls and intrusion detection systems in place? Have a strong communication line-in-place with executive board members? Have an idea of what the new security organization will look like? Are you looking at both security organizations to get an idea for the new organization?”]
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