Case Study: PayPal achieves faster, more accurate M&A risk assessments with SafeBreach

PayPal Partners with SafeBreach to Maximize M&A Success

PayPal partnered with SafeBreach to accelerate and objectify security due diligence during mergers and acquisitions. Faced with manual, time-consuming, and costly assessment methods, PayPal needed a way to quickly and precisely evaluate the risk posture of potential acquisition targets — including quantifying mitigation costs and uncovering exploitable vulnerabilities — so it could make faster, unbiased M&A decisions. SafeBreach’s breach and attack simulation (BAS) platform was chosen to meet that need.

SafeBreach implemented automated, continuous breach-and-attack simulations that safely execute real-world attack scenarios to validate people, processes, and technology. The SafeBreach platform reduced time spent on manual testing, delivered more consistent and accurate results, produced actionable risk metrics (e.g., identifying misconfigured firewalls and exposed devices), and gave PayPal a continuous, complete view of security — enabling more informed M&A decisions and boosting the success of transactions.

PayPal

Brian Johnson

Senior Director of Security