ServiceNow acquires Armis for $7.75 billion to build AI-powered cybersecurity shield

ServiceNow Makes Its Largest Bet on Cybersecurity

ServiceNow has agreed to acquire Armis, a leader in cyber exposure management, for $7.75 billion in an all-cash transaction 1

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. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2026, represents the enterprise software maker's largest acquisition to date and marks a strategic shift toward building comprehensive AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities 2

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. ServiceNow will fund the transaction using cash on hand and debt, with approximately 950 Armis employees joining the company upon completion 3

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Building a Cybersecurity Solution for AI Era

The acquisition brings together ServiceNow's workflow automation platform with Armis' real-time visibility and risk prioritization across IT, operational technology (OT), medical devices, and industrial environments 2

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. Together, the companies aim to deliver what they describe as a unified, end-to-end security operations stack that can see, decide, and act across the entire technology footprint. Amit Zavery, ServiceNow's president, COO, and chief product officer, emphasized the strategic importance: "In the agentic AI era, intelligent trust and governance that span any cloud, any asset, any AI system, and any device are non-negotiable if companies want to scale AI for the long-term" 4

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Protecting All Connected Devices Across Expanded Attack Surface

Armis provides agentless asset discovery and threat detection capabilities that continuously identify and classify connected assets that traditional security tools often miss 2

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. This addresses a critical challenge facing the enterprise AI market: many organizations don't know what devices are on their networks, particularly in operational technology environments. The combined solution will integrate Armis' real-time asset discovery, threat intelligence, and automated vulnerability response with ServiceNow's AI Control Tower to create end-to-end visibility from discovery through automated remediation 3

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. Armis co-founder and CEO Yevgeny Dibrov noted that AI has made every connected asset a potential point of vulnerability 5

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Platform Integration Extends Security Market Opportunity

The Armis acquisition will boost ServiceNow's Security, Risk, and OT portfolios, with Zavery stating the deal is expected to more than triple the company's security market opportunity from $30 billion to $100 billion 3

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. ServiceNow's Security and Risk business already surpassed $1 billion in annual contract value in the third quarter of 2025 4

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. Worldwide spending on information security is projected to increase 12.5% in 2026 to $240 billion, with AI adoption being a key growth driver 2

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Seventh Major Acquisition Signals Strategic Shift

This marks ServiceNow's seventh major acquisition in 2025, following deals for Veza (identity security), Moveworks ($2.85 billion for AI-powered enterprise search), and Logik.ai ($506 million) 1

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. For a company built on organic growth and "one platform, one architecture, one data model," seven acquisitions in a single year represents a notable strategic shift 2

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. The companies already have partnership history, with multiple existing integrations connecting Armis' data and insights to ServiceNow's workflow action, which should accelerate platform integration 2

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. Armis was valued at $6.1 billion in a November funding round led by Goldman Sachs and had been preparing for an initial public offering before the acquisition 1

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