Cybersecurity M&A Roundup – Infosecurity Magazine
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup – Infosecurity Magazine
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/cybersecurity-ma-roundup-jan-26/
Publish Date: 2026-02-02 07:00:00
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2026 started with a raft of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the cybersecurity industry and the strong focus on AI-based acquisitions has continued into the new year.
Several leading cybersecurity vendors have now completed or announced plans to buy, or merge with, other vendors and service suppliers.
CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Infoblox were among those who made M&A announcements in January. The first month of 2026 follows what was a strong year for M&As involving information security companies in 2025.
Here is Infosecurity’s cybersecurity M&A roundup for January 2026.
CrowdStrike Purchased Identity Management Startup SGNL For $740m
CrowdStrike opened the year with its acquisition of SGNL. The SGNL identity and access management platform examines the context of how identities are it’s being used and if needed, to adapting access to enterprise accounts in real-time, revoking access mid-session if risk or context shifts.
The acquisition was made to accelerate CrowdStrike’s Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security platform, enabling access for human, non-human (NHI) and AI Agents to be continuously granted and revoked based on real-time risk.
“This is identity security built for the AI era,” said George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike to Buy Browser Runtime Security Specialists Seraphic
CrowdStrike also announced plans to acquire Seraphic, describing the company as a leader in browser security. Seraphic provides real-time visibility into browser activity and the ability to enforce security within any browser runtime. This applies to Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox or agentic browsers on both managed and unmanaged devices.
The acquisition will see CrowdStrike further extend CrowdStrike Falcon platform capabilities into the browser, helping to enforce security and prevent the use of Shadow AI.
Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of Chronosphere
On January 29, Palo Alto Networks announced that it had…
