There are real reasons why a virtual due diligence room is preferable to the normal practice of assembling boxes of documents in a conference room or simply sending all the documents back and forth between the various parties by e-mail. Probably most importantly, e-mail is not a secure way of sending documents between the parties involved in the transaction. Documents could be intercepted while in transit, since few individuals today make much use of encryption - so the fact is that the document could be read by outsiders. It’s like sending deal documents written on a postcard through the mail. Given the sensitivity of many of the deals taking place on a daily basis, this alone is a powerful reason to switch to a secure and controlled methodology. | There are real reasons why a virtual due diligence room is preferable to the normal practice of assembling boxes of documents in a conference room or simply sending all the documents back and forth between the various parties by e-mail. Probably most importantly, e-mail is not a secure way of sending documents between the parties involved in the transaction. Documents could be intercepted while in transit, since few individuals today make much use of encryption - so the fact is that the document could be read by outsiders. It’s like sending deal documents written on a postcard through the mail. Given the sensitivity of many of the deals taking place on a daily basis, this alone is a powerful reason to switch to a secure and controlled methodology. |