Article / Capital & Diligence

The First Hundred Days Need a Control Thesis

Post-close work needs a theory of how legal ownership becomes operational authority, evidence and recovery.

Written byJonathan P. De Collibus

Founding Partner, Svperior / Cyber

Published16 July 2026

DisciplinesCyber / Legal / Systems Engineering

The answer

Integration plans list projects without defining control. Teams connect systems before the buyer can revoke or recover them. Set a control thesis and gate every integration against it.

Integration plans list projects without defining control.

Where this breaks

Teams connect systems before the buyer can revoke or recover them.

The operating move

Set a control thesis and gate every integration against it.

Value object — The operational card

- Authority outcome

- Evidence required

- Connection gate

- Board owner

The test

Ask what must be true by day thirty for the buyer to control the asset. Projects that do not support the answer are secondary.

Evidence

Sources

NIST: Cybersecurity Framework 2.0NIST: Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
Primary authority
NIST SP 1305: Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk ManagementNIST SP 1305: Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management
Primary authority
FINMA: Risk Monitor 2025FINMA: Risk Monitor 2025
Primary authority

Expert review

Adam J. De CollibusFounding Partner, Svperior / Systems Engineering

Author

Jonathan P. De Collibus

Jonathan co-founded Svperior in 2014 and leads its cyber practice. His work sits where adversarial pressure, technical architecture, and consequential decisions meet, with experience across clinical, financial, public-sector, and private-client systems where confidentiality, continuity, and technical correctness carry material consequences.

Cyber strategy / Adversarial assessment / Security architecture / Private systems

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