Cyber-security has been a hot space for investments and acquisitions. With Thoma Bravo buying Sophos Group for $3.8 billion this week, here is a roundup of selected corporate M&As happened since 2018.
Corporate acquisitions
cloud services infrastructure protection – Palo Alto Networks to acquire Evident for $300 million (2018.3)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) – Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Secdo for $100 million (2018.4)
unified access security and multi-factor authentication – Cisco to acquire Duo System for $2.35 billion (2018.8)
Cloud Security – Check Point to Acquire Dome9 for $175 million (2018.10)
Operational Technology (OT) network security – Forescout to acquire SecurityMatters for $113 million (2018.11)
AI based endpoint cybersecurity – Blackberry to acquire Cylance for $1.4 billion (2018.11)
network and endpoints protections – Carbonite to acquire Webroot for $618.5 million (2019.2)
security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) – Palo Alto Networks to acquire Demisto for $560 million (2019.2)
enterprise security – Broadcom to acquire Symantec’s enterprise business for $10.7 billion (2019.8)