SecurityWeek
Cybersecurity news publication that counted 38 M&A transactions in March 2026, including the Google-Wiz close and Databricks dual acquisition.
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Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences- How many cybersecurity companies were acquired in March 2026?
- SecurityWeek counted 38 cybersecurity M&A transactions in March 2026, following 42 in February, making it one of the highest two-month periods of cybersecurity sector consolidation on record.Source: SecurityWeek
Background
SecurityWeek documented 38 cybersecurity M&A transactions in March 2026, including Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, Databricks' dual acquisition of Antimatter and SiftD.ai for the Lakewatch SIEM product, and OpenAI's acquisition of Promptfoo. The March count followed 42 transactions in February, indicating a sustained acceleration of cybersecurity sector consolidation.
SecurityWeek is a specialist cybersecurity news and analysis publication that covers threat intelligence, vulnerability research, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory developments. Its M&A tracking provides the primary public dataset for monitoring consolidation trends in the cybersecurity industry. The March 2026 transaction count is one of the highest monthly figures in the publication's history.
For the wider cybersecurity market, SecurityWeek's March and February data together confirm a consolidation cycle driven by platform companies acquiring point-security products: Google-Wiz in Cloud security, CrowdStrike-SGNL in identity, Databricks in SIEM, OpenAI in AI safety tooling. The data point is relevant to CISOs evaluating long-term vendor relationships with standalone point-product companies.