National Security Compliance and CFIUS

Here's a look at navigating national security regulations in the data economy.
Submitted by BDO, an M&A Leadership Council partner organization

Dynamic compliance strategies have become an imperative in deal consideration for foreign direct investment (FDI) in critical infrastructure as the United States seeks to modernize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review process, protect national security from emerging risk, and maintain an open investment policy. The rapidly shifting global economy, disruptive innovation, dual-use technologies, and the weaponization of information have become an unrelenting combination of force stimulating change and creating risk as billions of dollars of foreign investment surge into the U.S. economy

With high level of investment comes high-value targets, and presently, there are few resources considered as valuable as data. Data, coupled with current sophisticated analytical and manipulation techniques, allows companies to extract even more value from that underlying information thereby changing the risk profile of the transaction. The growth of technology and innovation have led to a necessary evolution in how national security risks are evaluated. Read more.