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Palo Alto Networks: The King of Cybersecurity M&A 👑 🔒 Beginning in 2018 with Nikesh Arora, Palo Alto Networks began an aggressive acquisition strategy, transforming from firewall leader to the leading $100B+ cybersecurity platform. PANW made 16 >$100M acquisitions totaling ~$5.5B. Importantly, PANW won in key emerging markets for security such as: ☁ Cloud Security: Evident.io, RedLock, CloudGenix, Twistlock 🔒 Data Security: Dig Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) 👨🖥️ Developer Security: Cider Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Bridgecrew, Secdo 🛡️ SOAR: Demisto 🌐 Enterprise Browsers: Talon ... and more 🔗 Read the full piece on Cisco's M&A history (below)
Insightful analysis, Chris. PANW's M&A strategy has clearly reshaped the cybersecurity landscape.
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2moRead the piece: https://www.datagravity.dev/p/palo-alto-networks-the-king-of-cybersecurity