Tracked deals
15
15 tracked deals across 2017-2026.
Cybersecurity Buyers & Acquisitions in New Jersey
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
14 strategic · 6 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2023
3 tracked deals announced in 2023.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- Buyer mix is diverse: strategic cybersecurity vendors (Radware, Proofpoint, Commvault) and services/advisory firms (CBIZ, Deloitte), alongside investment platforms (GI Partners, M|C Partners).
- Capability themes recur: identity and security managed services (e.g., IAM), data-layer and AI security, and zero trust / network access technologies.
- Security stacks are expanding across the lifecycle: Radware’s acquisition of Pynt adds pre-production API security testing, complementing runtime protection.
- Compliance and governance remain a focus: Proofpoint’s acquisition of Nuclei centers on compliance archiving and AI-driven data enrichment for workplace communications.
- Industry and use-case specificity shows up: acquisitions aimed at telecom/managed services (NetPlus’s deal for iThreat Cyber Group) and utilities/critical infrastructure protection (Parsons’ acquisition of IPKeys Power Partners).
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Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBIZ, Inc. | 1 | Provider of financial, insurance, and advisory services, ... | Strategic |
| CloudWave | 1 | Healthcare-focused cloud hosting, managed EHR hosting and... | Strategic |
| Commvault | 1 | Enterprise cyber resilience and data protection software ... | Strategic |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 1 | Global professional services firm providing audit, consul... | Strategic |
| FireMon | 1 | Provider of network security policy management and contin... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| GI Partners | 1 | Private investment firm focused on private equity, real e... | PE |
| Hellman & Friedman LLC | 1 | Global private equity firm focused on large-scale equity ... | PE |
| Insight Venture Partners | 1 | Global venture capital and private equity firm investing ... | PE |
| M|C Partners | 1 | Private equity firm focused on digital infrastructure and... | PE |
| NetPlus Telecom | 1 | Telecommunications and managed services provider offering... | Strategic |
Acquisition Volume in Cybersecurity in New Jersey by Year
Last 9 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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January 26, 2026
- Buyer
- Radware
- Target
- Pynt
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Radware has completed the acquisition of Pynt, an API security testing company. The deal adds pre-production API security testing capabilities to Radware’s API security portfolio, enabling customers to identify and remediate API risks earlier in the development lifecycle while maintaining runtime protection in production.
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July 24, 2025
- Buyer
- Commvault
- Target
- Satori Cyber Ltd
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Commvault announced its intent to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company, to expand its cyber resilience and data-layer security capabilities. The acquisition is expected to close in August 2025 and will integrate Satori’s agentless, cloud-native controls for structured and AI training data with Commvault’s platform.
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May 21, 2025
- Buyer
- Proofpoint, Inc.
- Target
- Nuclei, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Proofpoint, Inc. has acquired Nuclei, Inc., a Holmdel, New Jersey-based provider of compliance archiving and AI-driven data enrichment for modern workplace communications. The acquisition integrates Nuclei's capture, transcription, translation and analytics capabilities (100+ app connectors) into Proofpoint's digital communications governance offering to strengthen compliance archiving and surface conversational insights for regulated enterprises.
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November 19, 2024
- Buyer
- Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS), UTRS InfoSec LLC
- Target
- Black Cipher Security, LLC
- Seller
- Larry Hershman
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS) formed a new majority-owned subsidiary, UTRS InfoSec LLC, and acquired Black Cipher Security, LLC to expand its cybersecurity capabilities. The acquisition brings Black Cipher's managed security, incident response, and risk management expertise into UTRS to strengthen services for the Department of Defense and commercial clients.
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January 24, 2024
- Buyer
- M|C Partners
- Target
- Consortium Networks
- Seller
- Existing shareholders/management (including Larry Pfeifer and Tim Murphy)
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
M|C Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Consortium Networks to accelerate the cybersecurity firm's growth, expand talent acquisition, sales, technical expertise, and vendor partnerships. As part of the transaction, cybersecurity veteran Nate Ungerott was appointed CEO; founders Larry Pfeifer and Tim Murphy remain materially invested and on the board. Terms were not disclosed.
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June 1, 2023
- Buyer
- CBIZ, Inc.
- Target
- Pivot Point Security
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CBIZ, Inc. acquired information security consulting firm Pivot Point Security (PPS) of Hamilton, New Jersey, effective June 1, 2023. Pivot Point, founded in 2001, has about 30 employees and reported $6.6 million in revenue in 2022; the acquisition expands CBIZ's cybersecurity and security advisory capabilities for small and middle-market clients.
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March 14, 2023
- Buyer
- Parsons Corporation
- Target
- IPKeys Power Partners, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Parsons Corporation has acquired IPKeys Power Partners, a Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based provider of cloud-based cybersecurity and enterprise software for utilities, for $43 million. The acquisition expands Parsons' critical infrastructure protection and grid modernization capabilities by adding IPKeys' IT/OT cyber and operational security platforms and established utility customer base.
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March 8, 2023
- Buyer
- Shorebreak iThreat Security, LLC, NetPlus Telecom
- Target
- iThreat Cyber Group
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
iThreat Cyber Group, a New Brunswick-based cyber threat intelligence and managed security firm, has been sold to Shorebreak iThreat Security, LLC, a newly formed subsidiary of NetPlus Telecom. The acquisition will allow NetPlus to integrate iThreat's SignalAlert platform and analyst-led threat monitoring capabilities into its telecom/managed services offering to drive capability and vertical expansion.
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November 28, 2022
- Buyer
- CloudWave
- Target
- Sensato Cybersecurity
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CloudWave, a healthcare-focused cloud and managed IT provider, has acquired Sensato Cybersecurity and integrated Sensato’s Cybersecurity-as-a-Service platform into its OpSus offering. Sensato founder John Gomez will join CloudWave as chief security and engineering officer; financial terms were not disclosed.
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October 4, 2022
- Buyer
- iC Consult Group
- Target
- Kapstone Technologies LLC
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Addon
iC Consult Group, a Carlyle Group portfolio company, has acquired Kapstone Technologies LLC, a Somerset, New Jersey–based provider of identity and security managed services. The acquisition expands iC Consult's managed services and offshore capabilities (notably in India) and strengthens its U.S. execution capacity in Identity & Access Management (IAM).
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- Buyer
- Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory (Deloitte & Touche LLP / Deloitte)
- Target
- TransientX, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory acquired substantially all of the assets of TransientX, Inc., a Hoboken, New Jersey–based Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) company. The asset purchase adds TransientX’s employees and cloud-native, dissolvable application networking technology to Deloitte’s Zero Trust and cybersecurity offerings to deepen its capabilities in ZTNA.
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September 16, 2020
- Buyer
- GI Partners
- Target
- Sectigo
- Seller
- Francisco Partners
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
GI Partners, a San Francisco-based private investment firm, has agreed to acquire Sectigo, a digital identity and web security provider, from Francisco Partners. The deal will support Sectigo's global expansion and product innovation as GI Partners plans to accelerate growth through organic initiatives and M&A.
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April 20, 2020
- Buyer
- Hellman & Friedman LLC, TPG
- Target
- Checkmarx LLC
- Seller
- Insight Partners, K1 Investment Management
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Hellman & Friedman, joined by TPG, has acquired Checkmarx at a $1.15 billion valuation in a buyout of the application-security leader. Insight Partners and K1 Investment Management remain minority shareholders; Checkmarx employs more than 700 people and serves over 1,400 customers worldwide.
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- Buyer
- FireMon, Insight Venture Partners
- Target
- Lumeta Corporation
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
FireMon has agreed to acquire Lumeta Corporation, integrating Lumeta’s real-time cyber situational awareness and network-discovery technology into the FireMon platform. The acquisition aims to extend FireMon’s intent-based security capabilities to previously unknown on‑premise and cloud assets, improving visibility and reducing enterprise attack surface.
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December 20, 2017
- Buyer
- Network Security Group, Temprano Techvestors
- Target
- Waytek Software
- Seller
- Waytek
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Addon
Network Security Group (NSG), the cybersecurity distribution arm of Temprano Techvestors, acquired the software distribution and value-added resale division of New Jersey-based Waytek Software. The deal adds Waytek's Avast Business line to NSG's partner offerings while Waytek will concentrate on its managed services business.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which cybersecurity subareas are most represented in New Jersey acquisitions on this page?
The listed deals emphasize API security, data and AI security, compliance archiving/governance, managed security and incident response, identity & access management (IAM), and zero trust network access (ZTNA).
Are these acquisitions focused only on cybersecurity vendors?
No. The page also includes services and advisory buyers such as CBIZ, Inc. and Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory, plus investment platforms like GI Partners and M|C Partners making growth investments or acquisitions.
Do the deals tend to stay tied to New Jersey-based operations?
Yes. Several targets are described with New Jersey locations (e.g., Holmdel, Hamilton, Tinton Falls, Somerset, and Hoboken), with transactions also involving New Brunswick, New Jersey-adjacent context, and New Jersey-focused integration.
What’s an example of an acquisition designed to extend security earlier in the development lifecycle?
Radware acquired Pynt to add pre-production API security testing capabilities, enabling earlier identification and remediation of API risks while maintaining production runtime protection.
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