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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 37 Deals Announced in June 2026

  • What: 37 cybersecurity M&A deals announced in June 2026
  • Impact: Industry consolidation and growth in cybersecurity sector
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M&A Tracker Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 37 Deals Announced in June 2026 Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by 1Password, Accenture, Cisco, F5, Rubrik, and SailPoint. By Eduard Kovacs | July 13, 2026 (8:20 AM ET) Flipboard Reddit Whatsapp Whatsapp Email Thirty-seven cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in June 2026. For a detailed view of the more than 420 acquisitions announced in 2025, check out SecurityWeek’s annual M&A report . Here are some of the most important cybersecurity M&A deals announced in June 2026: 1Password acquires Apono 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. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. A10 Networks acquires TrojAI 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. Aikido acquires Root 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 acquires SurePath AI 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 acquires Strata 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 acquires Entro 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: Axiom GRC acquires MHM Booz Allen Hamilton to acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions Brightline Technologies acquires Security Vitals Cegeka acquires 3Point Claranet acquires Six Degrees CyberFox acquires Timus Networks efex acquires onPlatinum iDAKTO acquires Stelau Incode acquires Identiq Intrusion Inc. acquires VigilAigent K2 Integrity acquires RiskFront AI Mthree acquires CAPSLOCK Neo4j acquires GraphAware Nexus IT acquires TecServ Inc. Nordlo acquires Nethouse Point Wild acquires Funambol Quest Software acquires Anetac RedwoodAI acquires Quantum.IQ Technologies ROC to acquire ZTC Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. acquires EigenQ (SPAC merger) Stryve acquisition of Business IT Solutions South-East Limited (BITS) Valiant Solutions acquires BreakPoint Labs Viatel acquires FullProxy Vorbis Ventures acquires Advisory, Consulting and Transformation business from Optiv Woven acquires Insignis Related : Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 26 Deals Announced in May 2026 Written By Eduard Kovacs Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is senior managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher before starting a career in journalism in 2011. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering. Daily Briefing Newsletter Subscribe to the SecurityWeek Email Briefing for the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and expert insights. 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