SecurityWeek 2026-yil oktyabrda e'lon qilingan 37 ta kiberxavfsizlik birlashish va sotib olish (M&A) bitimini kuzatdi.
O'tgan yildagi faoliyatni ko'rish uchun SecurityWeek'ning 2025-yilgi Kiberxavfsizlik M&A hisobotiga qarang, unda 420 dan ortiq bitim qamrab olingan.
2026-yil oktyabrda e'lon qilingan eng muhim kiberxavfsizlik M&A bitimlaridan ba'zilari:
Absolute Security FirmGuard'ni sotib oladi
Endpoint xavfsizligi va kiber chidamlilik firmasi Absolute Security Phoenix Technologies'ning UEFI BIOS proshivka xavfsizligi va boshqaruvi biznesi FirmGuard'ni sotib oldi. Absolute FirmGuard'ni o'zining proshivkaga o'rnatilgan Absolute Persistence texnologiyasi bilan integratsiya qiladi, bu esa OS ostidagi boshqaruv, doimiy proshivka yaxlitligini kuzatish va tuzatish, hamda muvofiqlikni ta'minlashni qo'shadi.
Aikido Security OutKept va Cyberly'ni sotib oladi
Belgiya ilova xavfsizligi unicorn'i Aikido Security OutKept va Cyberly'ni sotib oldi va bu ikki startapdan foydalanib Noon, ishchi kuchi xavfsizligi biznesini ishga tushirdi. OutKept Belgiyada joylashgan va fishing simulyatsiyalari hamda xavfsizlik xabardorligi treninglarini taqdim etadi. Polshaning Cyberly'si AI bilan quvvatlangan hujum simulyatsiyalari va xodimlarning AI foydalanishini kuzatish vositalarini ishlab chiqadi. Ikkala bitim ham sentyabrda yopilgan, lekin oktyabrgacha ommaga e'lon qilinmagan.
Anthropic Opaque Systems'ni sotib oladi
AI kompaniyasi Anthropic UC Berkeley tadqiqotidan kelib chiqqan maxfiy AI kompaniyasi Opaque Systems'ni sotib olishga rozi bo'ldi. Anthropic bitimni Opaque texnologiyasini litsenziyalash va ba'zi muhandislarini yollash deb ta'rifladi, xabarlarga ko'ra, bu CEO Aaron Fulkerson va CTO Rishabh Poddar'ni ham o'z ichiga oladi. Moliyaviy shartlar oshkor qilinmadi.
Cohere AISLE'ni sotib oladi
Kanadalik AI ishlab chiquvchi Cohere AISLE'ni sotib olish uchun niyat xatini imzoladi, bu startapning avtonom AI tizimlari muhim dasturiy ta'minotdagi zaifliklarni topadi va tuzatishga yordam beradi. AISLE'ning taxminan 50 nafar xodimi Cohere'ga qo'shiladi, u esa Cohere Cyber deb nomlangan kiberxavfsizlik bo'linmasini tashkil etmoqda. AISLE CEO'si Ondřej Vlček, Avast'ning sobiq CEO'si, uning katta vitse-prezidenti bo'ladi.
Hex-Rays HexAI'ni sotib oladi
IDA Pro teskari muhandislik vositasi ortida turgan belgiyalik kompaniya Hex-Rays 2025-yilda asos solingan isroillik startap HexAI'ni sotib olishga rozi bo'ldi. HexAI'ning AI agentlari manba kodi va binar fayllarni tahlil qilib zaifliklar, zararli dasturlar va orqa eshiklarni aniqlaydi. Bitimning qiymati xabarlarga ko'ra 30 milliondan 35 million dollargacha. Hex-Rays HexAI'ning Isroildagi operatsiyalarini kengaytirish va yangi AI bilan quvvatlangan tadqiqot vositalarini yaratishni rejalashtirmoqda.
IonQ Elisity'ni sotib olishi kerak
Kvant hisoblash kompaniyasi IonQ nol ishonch xavfsizlik firmasi Elisity'ni sotib olishga rozi bo'ldi, bu bitim 1,3 milliard dollargacha bo'lgan to'liq aksiyalar bilan amalga oshiriladi, shu jumladan 150 million dollargacha ishlashga bog'liq qo'shimcha to'lovlar. IonQ o'zining post-kvant kriptografiyasi va kvant kalit tarqatish texnologiyasini Elisity'ning IdentityGraph platformasi bilan birlashtiradi, bu foydalanuvchilar, qurilmalar, ish yuklari va AI agentlari uchun eng kam imtiyozli kirishni ta'minlaydi. Bitim 2026-yilning to'rtinchi choragida yopilishi kutilmoqda.
Proofpoint Varonis'ni sotib oladi
Thoma Bravo'ga tegishli Proofpoint ma'lumotlar xavfsizligi kompaniyasi Varonis'ni taxminan 6,3 milliard dollar naqd pulga sotib olishga rozi bo'ldi. Birgalikda kompaniyalar sezgir ma'lumotlarni topish va himoya qilish, ularga kirishni nazorat qilish va tashkilotlar AI'ni qabul qilayotganda ma'lumotlar yo'qotilishini oldini olish uchun yagona platforma taklif qilishni xohlaydi.
2026-yil oktyabrda e'lon qilingan boshqa kiberxavfsizlik M&A bitimlari:
Acture Solutions Digital BackOffice'ni sotib oladi
Axelo Cynch Security'ni sotib oladi
Basware Trustpair'ni sotib oladi
Bendings Scopertos'ni sotib oladi
Bregal Milestone Nethive'dagi Ko'pchilik ulushni sotib oladi
Bytes Technology Group CyberOne'ni sotib oladi
ctrl:cyber Razilio'ni sotib oladi
CyberFOX Optimize365'ni sotib oladi
EC-Council Cyber Insurance Academy'ni sotib oladi
Forte Technologies Business Cyber Security Solutions'ni sotib oladi
GCubed RightDirection Technology Solutions'ni sotib oladi
Infotech Zluri'ni sotib oladi
Katalyst Bluetowne'ni sotib oladi
Lineal Forentec'ni sotib oladi
Macnica CyberSec IT Consulting'dagi Ko'pchilik ulushni sotib oladi
Maximus Agile Defense'ni sotib oladi
Nethive JoyComm'ni sotib oladi
Protectt.ai AIShield'dagi Ko'pchilik ulushni sotib oladi
SAIC Information Security Corporation'ni sotib oladi
Sequrio Althammer & Kill, DATATREE va Nextwork'ni sotib oladi
SGS Prescient Security'dagi Ko'pchilik ulushni sotib oladi
Tegria CloudWave'ni sotib oladi
Tiny Oso'ni sotib oladi
V-Key CloudsineAI'dagi Ko'pchilik ulushni sotib oladi
Vista Equity Partners HID'ning PKI biznesini sotib oladi
Workday C1.ai'ni sotib oladi
Xopero Software Vigil Guard'ni sotib oladi
Bog'liq: Kiberxavfsizlik M&A sharhi: 2026-yil sentyabrda 39 ta bitim e'lon qilindi
SecurityWeek tracked 37 cybersecurity merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in October 2026.
For a look at last year’s activity, see SecurityWeek’s 2025 Cybersecurity M&A Report, which covers more than 420 deals.
Here are some of the most important cybersecurity M&A deals announced in October 2026:
Absolute Security acquires FirmGuard
Endpoint security and cyber resilience firm Absolute Security has acquired FirmGuard, the UEFI BIOS firmware security and management business of Phoenix Technologies. Absolute will integrate FirmGuard with its firmware-embedded Absolute Persistence technology, adding below-the-OS management, continuous firmware integrity monitoring and patching, and compliance enforcement.
Aikido Security acquires OutKept and Cyberly
Belgian application security unicorn Aikido Security has acquired OutKept and Cyberly and used the two startups to launch Noon, a workforce security business. OutKept is based in Belgium and provides phishing simulations and security awareness training. Poland’s Cyberly develops AI-powered attack simulations and tools for tracking employee AI usage. Both deals closed in September but weren’t made public until October.
Anthropic to acquire Opaque Systems
AI company Anthropic has agreed to acquire Opaque Systems, a confidential AI company that grew out of research at UC Berkeley. Anthropic has described the deal as licensing Opaque’s technology and hiring some of its engineers, reportedly including CEO Aaron Fulkerson and CTO Rishabh Poddar. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
Cohere to acquire AISLE
Canadian AI developer Cohere has signed a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, a startup whose autonomous AI systems find and help patch vulnerabilities in critical software. AISLE’s roughly 50 employees will join Cohere, which is setting up a cybersecurity unit called Cohere Cyber. AISLE CEO Ondřej Vlček, the former CEO of Avast, will become its senior vice president.
Hex-Rays to acquire HexAI
Hex-Rays, the Belgian company behind the IDA Pro reverse engineering tool, has agreed to acquire HexAI, an Israeli startup founded in 2025. HexAI’s AI agents analyze source code and binaries to uncover vulnerabilities, malware and backdoors. The deal is reportedly worth $30 million to $35 million. Hex-Rays plans to grow HexAI’s Israeli operations and build new AI-powered research tools.
IonQ has to acquire Elisity
Quantum computing company IonQ has agreed to acquire zero trust security firm Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3 billion, including up to $150 million in performance-based earnouts. IonQ will combine its post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution technology with Elisity’s IdentityGraph platform, which enforces least-privilege access for users, devices, workloads and AI agents. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Proofpoint to acquire Varonis
Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint has agreed to acquire data security company Varonis for roughly $6.3 billion in cash. Together, the companies want to offer a single platform for discovering and protecting sensitive data, controlling access to it, and preventing data loss as organizations adopt AI.
Other cybersecurity M&A deals announced in October 2026:
Acture Solutions acquires Digital BackOffice
Axelo acquires Cynch Security
Basware acquires Trustpair
Bendings acquires Scopertos
Bregal Milestone acquires Majority Stake in Nethive
Bytes Technology Group to acquire CyberOne
ctrl:cyber to acquire Razilio
CyberFOX acquires Optimize365
EC-Council acquires Cyber Insurance Academy
Forte Technologies acquires Business Cyber Security Solutions
GCubed acquires RightDirection Technology Solutions
Infotech acquires Zluri
Katalyst acquires Bluetowne
Lineal acquires Forentec
Macnica to acquire Majority Stake in CyberSec IT Consulting
Maximus to acquire Agile Defense
Nethive acquires JoyComm
Protectt.ai acquires Majority Stake in AIShield
SAIC acquires Information Security Corporation
Sequrio acquires Althammer & Kill, DATATREE and Nextwork
SGS acquires Majority Stake in Prescient Security
Tegria acquires CloudWave
Tiny acquires Oso
V-Key acquires Majority Stake in CloudsineAI
Vista Equity Partners to acquire HID’s PKI Business
Workday to acquire C1.ai
Xopero Software acquires Vigil Guard
Related: Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026