Smarsh Acquires Entreda

Entreda (Smarsh) Acquires Privva

November 1, 2021

Cybersecurity

Entreda, a cybersecurity software provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Smarsh, acquired Privva, a cloud-based vendor/third-party risk assessment platform. The deal integrates Privva’s vendor risk capabilities into Entreda’s Unify platform to expand its cybersecurity compliance offerings for regulated industries such as wealth management, financial services, legal and healthcare.

Smarsh Acquires Digital Safe Product Line from Micro Focus

November 3, 2021

Software

Smarsh acquired the Digital Safe product line from Micro Focus, including the customer base, technology and approximately 400 subject-matter experts, to expand its electronic communications archiving, compliance and e-discovery capabilities. The transaction, announced November 3, 2021 and completed following regulatory approval on February 1, 2022, strengthens Smarsh's scale and global footprint for regulated multi-national customers, particularly in financial services and government.

Smarsh Acquires Digital Reasoning

November 10, 2020

AI & Machine Learning

Smarsh has agreed to acquire Digital Reasoning, a leader in natural language processing, AI, and machine learning, to combine Smarsh's electronic communications archiving and supervision capabilities with Digital Reasoning's advanced analytics. The deal—announced November 10, 2020—is intended to create a "Communications Intelligence" offering for risk, compliance and business insight; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction was expected to close within 60 days. Barclays acted as exclusive financial advisor to Digital Reasoning.

Abacus Group Acquires Chicago MSSP Entara

June 18, 2025

Cybersecurity

Abacus Group, a global managed IT and cybersecurity provider, has acquired Entara, a Chicago-based managed services and managed security provider known for incident response and AI-enabled ServiceNow capabilities. The acquisition expands Abacus Group's cybersecurity and professional services offerings, strengthening its ability to serve financial services and other highly regulated enterprise clients.

Corsearch Acquires Entura to Strengthen Digital Anti-Piracy Capabilities

February 17, 2021

Cybersecurity

Corsearch has acquired London-based Entura, a specialist in online content protection and anti-piracy, to expand its end-to-end digital piracy and brand protection offerings. The deal adds Entura’s expertise and offices (London and Los Angeles) to Corsearch’s global content-protection platform, enhancing capabilities for media content owners facing rising online piracy.

Zix Corporation Acquires Erado

April 3, 2018

Cybersecurity

Zix Corporation has acquired Seattle-based Erado, a provider of unified archiving, supervision, eDiscovery and analytics, to expand Zix’s cloud-based archiving, compliance and messaging solutions—particularly for regulated financial services customers. Erado serves more than 18,000 customers and the acquisition is expected to add approximately $1.5 million in subscription revenue in 2018 while enabling broader compliance and multi-channel archiving capabilities for Zix’s customer base.