Mergers and acquisitions are common occurrences in today's information security market. Although it may be difficult to predict what a corporate merger will do for company profits, M&A activity will almost certainly have an effect on the employees of the two organizations. During what is often a tense and unpredictable transition, companies can't just throw their different people, processes and policies together and call it a day.

On its own, a company's security staff has enough to worry about, having to manage compliance efforts, network security policies, Web application infrastructures, malware and any other outside threats that an organization may be subject to. After a merger or acquisition, though, the burden is doubled. Staffs from both organizations need to come together to discuss M&A strategy, decide on security standards and do some corporate restructuring.

In this SearchSecurity.com Learning Guide, a panel of experts breaks down the M&A security priorities and explains the best ways to manage disparate security staffs, technologies and policies. Knowing that there are a wide range of concerns when dealing with a merger or acquisition, we at SearchSecurity.com created a guide that takes this process one step at a time.