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🔥 Breaking Down CrowdStrike's Explosive Q3 2025 Numbers! The cybersecurity giant just dropped some jaw-dropping metrics that'll make your security team's eyes pop: Revenue soared past $1 billion for the first time ($1.01B) - that's a whopping 28.52% YoY growth ARR crushed the $4B milestone (fastest pure-play cybersecurity company to hit this mark!) Closed 4+ million-dollar deals EVERY business day (260+ total $1M+ deals) 150+ Falcon Flex transactions = $1.3B in total deal value Next-Gen SIEM growth? Try 150% YoY! 🚀 Fun fact: Their healthcare vertical had a record quarter, and CrowdStrike Financial Services closed $49M in deals in its FIRST quarter! CEO George Kurtz is calling it a testament to "trust, platform adoption, and trailblazing innovation." After seeing these numbers, who can argue? #CyberSecurity #TechInnovation #CloudSecurity #AITechnology #EnterpriseIT #DigitalTransformation #InformationSecurity #TechEarnings #CrowdStrike #CRWD

Zscaler on CNBC. Firewalls don't save money, they cost money. Zscaler can cannibalize. We can actually take out all the firewalls and VPNs - and that has real business impact in terms of cost savings. Zscaler Zero Trust Access saves companies meaningful money by reducing and/or replacing entirely Firewalls because of Zscaler's totally opposing architecture for the modern world. #zscaler #zerotrust

https://lnkd.in/e6BYKZUb "However, he admitted that customers are experiencing "fatigue" when it comes to cybersecurity processes: dealing with and integrating multiple cybersecurity vendors, slower legacy infrastructure." Have you heard of Kaseya? We have 1300+ workflow integrations, and part of our vision is to alleviate vendor fatigue. Check out our solution suites with the link below: https://lnkd.in/eeVFJYda

Congratulations to Semperis on raising $125M from J.P. Morgan and Hercules Capital. This investment, a blend of equity and debt, underscores the vital role of robust identity protection systems in today's digital age. Semperis specializes not only in safeguarding Active Directory but also provides comprehensive threat detection and recovery services across Entra ID and Okta, protecting over 100 million user identities worldwide. With high-profile clients like Lenovo and United Airlines, the company's solutions are critical in a landscape where downtime can be more detrimental than the breach itself. This funding round, marking a significant leap since their $200 million Series C, propels Semperis’s valuation over $1 billion. Looking ahead, Semperis aims to further its R&D efforts and expand its global presence, ensuring enterprises can  defend against the increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. #CyberSecurity #TechInvestment #ActiveDirectory #DigitalIdentity #Semperis

Genix Cyber has a finger on the pulse of the IAM/PAM sector and loves to see innovative acquisitions that will take security to the next level! Please have a quick read about CyberArks acquisition of Venafi! Venafi’s tech focuses on securing and understanding the data flow between machines. It’s described as a specialist in PKI and certificate management, and CyberArk says that Venafi’s solutions will expand CyberArk’s total addressable market by $10 billion (to a total of $60 billion). #genixcyber #security #cyberawareness https://lnkd.in/erjuCB5T

CyberArk to acquire Venafi Cybersecurity for $1.5 Billion https://lnkd.in/dew5U4ZQ It seems like CyberArk’s acquisition of Venafi’s cybersecurity business is making waves in the industry! The move indicates a strategic expansion of CyberArk’s security capabilities to tackle evolving threats in the cloud and the post-quantum era, as mentioned by CEO Matt Cohen. The financial details of the deal, with $1 billion in cash and $540 million in stock, reflect a significant investment by CyberArk. Market analysts view this consolidation positively, projecting an increase in CyberArk’s total addressable value from $40 billion to $60 billion. Consolidation often provides companies with enhanced technical prowess and financial strength, fostering healthy market growth and […]

CyberArk buying Venafi for $1.54B, a 1.3x return over what Thoma Bravo paid back in 2020, proving value in consolidation within Identity Security and how Identity Security companies will trend towards building out horizontal platforms as more enterprises move to the cloud, and cloud-native companies are formed. Enterprises spend billions on managing and protecting human identities, and there's comparatively much less being spent on machine-to-machine connections. This gap has to close eventually, and CyberArk acquiring Venafi is an early indication that public companies are moving to fill that need. If you're in the early stages of thinking or building in the broader cybersecurity space from, John Cowgill and I would love to meet at Costanoa Ventures! #cybersecurity

CyberArk to acquire Venafi Cybersecurity for $1.5 Billion https://lnkd.in/dRawHyJM It seems like CyberArk’s acquisition of Venafi’s cybersecurity business is making waves in the industry! The move indicates a strategic expansion of CyberArk’s security capabilities to tackle evolving threats in the cloud and the post-quantum era, as mentioned by CEO Matt Cohen. The financial details of the deal, with $1 billion in cash and $540 million in stock, reflect a significant investment by CyberArk. Market analysts view this consolidation positively, projecting an increase in CyberArk’s total addressable value from $40 billion to $60 billion. Consolidation often provides companies with enhanced technical prowess and financial strength, fostering healthy market growth and […]

Exciting news! Silverfort has made our first acquisition. I've been here almost 3 years, and while our customers love us, they always ask if we can extend our capabilities into cloud...well now we can! What’s exciting about this acquisition?  Companies will now be able to turn to Silverfort for every identity security need, across every environment, from the most modern cloud assets to the darkest corners of the on-prem Active Directory – for both human and non-human identities (#NHI). Our team spent years inventing a way to make identity security stronger, easier, and broader – protecting systems that no other vendor can. And following the Rezonate acquisition, we’ll be able to bring this unified visibility and protection literally EVERYWHERE!    This means:  ✅ Stronger security – protect identities everywhere, both on-prem and in the cloud, without leaving behind silos and blind spots  ✅ Easier deployment – rapid time-to-value, without having to modify your existing systems at all  ✅ Better operational efficiency – with one place for all identity security, instead of an endless patchwork.    This is only the beginning – 2025 is going to be a huge year for Silverfort and for Identity Security. 

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗼 𝗜𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 Thoma Bravo is in initial discussions about a 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐏𝐎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 - joining just one prominent cybersecurity vendor in recent memory that went public not once, but twice: McAfee. SailPoint first went public in November 2017, 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 $𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 $𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and was taken private by 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟔.𝟗 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in what was then the sixth-largest cybersecurity acquisition of all time. Read the full story here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eesQPtE7