Thirty-seven cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in June 2026.
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Here are some of the most important cybersecurity M&A deals announced in June 2026:
Password, secret, and access management solutions provider 1Password has acquired Apono, an Israel-based company that specializes in just-in-time access governance for humans, machines, and AI agents. 1Password reportedly paid between $250 million and $300 million for the company that will enable it to enhance and extend its identity security platform.
San Jose-based A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) has acquired TrojAI, a Canada-based AI security firm, to add AI red-teaming and runtime protection to its security portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Accenture to acquire Dragos, runZero, NetRise
Accenture is acquiring a majority stake in Dragos, plus full ownership of runZero and NetRise in transactions valued at a combined $4.175 billion, to build an integrated OT/industrial cybersecurity platform. The combination of the three security firms will deliver a unified solution that provides industrial and critical infrastructure operators with enhanced visibility across their OT environments and improved threat detection and response capabilities.
Belgium-based Aikido Security has acquired Root, an agentic vulnerability remediation startup with Israeli roots, in a deal estimated at $70 million – $100 million (not officially disclosed). Root’s automated patching technology will power new Aikido Libraries and Aikido Images products, letting Aikido fix open source vulnerabilities in place without forcing version upgrades.
Cisco acquires WideField Security
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire WideField Security, a California identity threat detection startup, to strengthen the Agentic SOC capabilities of the Splunk platform by correlating identity, session, and activity data across human, non-human, and AI agent identities. This is Cisco’s third security-related acquisition of 2026, following Astrix Security and Galileo.
Databricks to acquire Panther Labs
Data intelligence firm Databricks has agreed to acquire fellow San Francisco company Panther Labs, a cloud-native SIEM and AI SOC platform, in its third cybersecurity acquisition as it builds out a “security lakehouse”. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Panther was last valued at $1.4 billion in 2021.
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) has acquired Denver-based SurePath AI, a startup specializing in network-based shadow AI detection and discovery, to power its newly launched F5 AI Security Platform. SurePath had previously raised roughly $6 million in venture funding.
Francisco Partners acquires EfficientIP
Francisco Partners has acquired Paris-based EfficientIP, a DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) and DNS security specialist, from its founders and minority investors TempoCap and Jolt Capital. EfficientIP CEO Norman Girard and the company’s founders are staying on and reinvesting in the business.
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) has acquired Colorado-based Strata, an identity orchestration company, to power a new Identity Continuity feature that keeps authentication running via automatic failover to a secondary identity provider during cyber incidents.
SailPoint (Nasdaq: SAIL) has completed its acquisition of Tel Aviv-based Entro Security, a non-human identity and credentials security specialist, in a deal reportedly worth around $200 million. Entro’s technology will be integrated into SailPoint’s Agentic Fabric platform to expand discovery, governance, and real-time protection of AI agents and machine identities.
Other cybersecurity M&A deals announced in June 2026:
Booz Allen Hamilton to acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions
Brightline Technologies acquires Security Vitals
CyberFox acquires Timus Networks
Intrusion Inc. acquires VigilAigent
K2 Integrity acquires RiskFront AI
Nexus IT acquires TecServ Inc.
Quest Software acquires Anetac
RedwoodAI acquires Quantum.IQ Technologies
Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. acquires EigenQ (SPAC merger)
Stryve acquisition of Business IT Solutions South-East Limited (BITS)
Valiant Solutions acquires BreakPoint Labs
Vorbis Ventures acquires Advisory, Consulting and Transformation business from Optiv
Related: Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 26 Deals Announced in May 2026
