Coalfire Acquires Neuralys Corporation

Apax Partners Acquires Coalfire

December 13, 2019

Cybersecurity

Funds advised by Apax Partners have completed the acquisition of Coalfire, a cybersecurity advisory and assessment services firm, from The Carlyle Group and The Chertoff Group. The investment will support Coalfire's growth through technology investment, expanded services (including cloud security, penetration testing and CMMC readiness) and strategic acquisitions.

Coalfire Acquires Veris Group

December 21, 2016

Cybersecurity

Coalfire has acquired Veris Group, a provider of cyber risk advisory, compliance assessment, technical testing, and security engineering services, to broaden its cybersecurity capabilities. The deal was funded in part by new equity investments from The Carlyle Group and affiliates of The Chertoff Group (with Baird Capital noted as a partner), positioning the combined business as one of the largest providers of cyber risk, FedRAMP, and payment-card assessment services.

Lumine Group Acquires Neural Technologies

June 1, 2021

Telecommunications

Lumine Group, a division of Volaris Group, has completed the acquisition of Neural Technologies Ltd, a UK-based provider of revenue protection, signalling, machine learning and AI software for telecom operators. The transaction strengthens Lumine’s communications and media software portfolio by adding Neural’s revenue assurance, fraud management and ML/AI capabilities as an add-on to its existing platform.

Palo Alto Networks Acquires CyberArk

February 19, 2026

Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of CyberArk, integrating CyberArk's identity security platform into Palo Alto's broader security ecosystem. Under the deal, CyberArk shareholders will receive $45 in cash and 2.2005 shares of Palo Alto Networks common stock per CyberArk share; the acquisition is intended to make identity security a core pillar across human, machine, and AI/agent identities.

Qualys Acquires Assets of Blue Hexagon

October 4, 2022

Cybersecurity

Qualys, Inc. acquired the assets of AI/ML cybersecurity provider Blue Hexagon and will integrate Blue Hexagon’s deep-learning network detection capabilities into the Qualys Cloud Platform to provide predictive analytics and real-time threat detection. All Blue Hexagon employees joined Qualys, with Blue Hexagon CEO Nayeem Islam joining as VP of product management; the deal closed on October 4, 2022 and was paid mostly in cash with a portion in stock.

Information Services Group (ISG) Acquires Neuralify, LLC

July 15, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Information Services Group (ISG) acquired Neuralify, LLC, a SaaS-based digital enablement platform for robotic process automation (RPA), combining Neuralify's user-driven RPA enablement tools with ISG Automation's intelligent automation portfolio. The acquisition is intended to expand ISG's automation capabilities and accelerate customer adoption of RPA through Neuralify's cloud-based training and bot-deployment platform.