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due www.AmericanSecurityToday.com diligence during the COVID-19 July 2019 - Edition 46 crisis is far from ideal. Global social distancing, for example, as well as local restrictions, may prohibit you from performing a comprehensive check. This article reviews the most critical challenges impeding the performance of technical due diligence during the COVID-19 crisis, and offers possible solutions. What Is Technical Due Diligence? Technical due diligence is a process that evaluates the technological and process aspects of an organization or technological team. It is often done to ensure that companies aren’t making a poor investment when it comes to acquiring technologies, teams, or whole businesses. When performing technical due diligence there is a variety of as 37