Cybersecurity Horror Stories in Due Diligence and Post-Closing with Nick Akers

About this episode

Nick Akers discusses the importance of cybersecurity in business acquisitions and shares horror stories from due diligence.

Nick Akers started by founding a venture-capital-backed company, then moved into a more "traditional" track leading a manufacturing company before spending ~2.5–3 years doing an ETA-style search. He ultimately acquired an IT services business (STL Communications) and rebranded it to Inzo Technologies, where he focuses heavily on cybersecurity for small/legacy businesses. He sees buyers walking into messy, outdated environments (personal email accounts, weak licensing, no backups/firewalls, passwords shared everywhere) and argues IT + cybersecurity due diligence should be part of every deal. Podcast Nuggies: Legacy IT is usually a "mess" post-close Add IT/cyber due diligence before closing MFA + password manager are non-negotiable Phishing clicks can wreck you in minutes USE POSITIVE PAY to approve every expense SMBs are the biggest target for cyber attacks. Protect your business with Inzo Technologies. Check out.... www.inzotechnologies.com , I-N-Z-O, or email Nick directly at nick@inzotechnologies.com . ****** Join the last cohort for a while. **How to Buy a Business Live Cohort** - April 2026 https://www.letsbuyabusiness.com/

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Condie

Guest: Nick Akers

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• due diligence
• IT services
• business acquisition
• small business
• investing

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• due diligence
• IT services
• small business
• acquisition
• phishing
• MFA
• password manager

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STL Communications, Inzo Technologies

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