ភាគហ៊ុនសន្តិសុខតាមអ៊ីនធឺណិត៖ ហេតុអ្វីបានជាការទិញយកអាចកើនឡើងនៅឆ្នាំ 2023

Look for more mergers and acquisitions among cybersecurity firms in 2023 as companies race to build broad platform offerings. This consolidation trend could boost cybersecurity stocks, which underperformed during the bear market.

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In 2022, private equity firms were active in buying cybersecurity firms. With valuations of public companies much lower heading into 2023, industry incumbents could step up, analysts say. The big question is whether they’ll target smaller companies, either  privately held or public.

The IBD Computer Software-Security group ranked No. 182 out of 197 industry groups tracked as of Dec. 28. The group is down more than 40% for 2022.

A recent Morgan Stanley report points to cash-rich incumbents បណ្តាញ Palo Alto (PANW), ពិនិត្យចំណុចបច្ចេកវិទ្យាសូហ្វវែរ។ (CHKP), Fortinet (អេហ្វធីធី) និង ក្រុមហ៊ុន CrowdStrike (CRWD) as possible acquirers in 2023.

Cybersecurity Stocks: Driving Consolidation

Wall Street analysts say corporate America aims to bring more computer protection under the control of fewer cybersecurity stocks.

“Consolidation of security functions into broader security platforms is a positive trend,” Baird analyst Shrenik Kothari said in a recent note to clients. “We expect vendors that offer a broader security platform, such as Palo Alto and Fortinet, to benefit from the vendor consolidation trends. We also expect longer-term disruption by cloud-native security providers such as Zscaler (ZS), CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare (ណេត។) ។ "

In its latest deal, CrowdStrike bought Reposify in September. Cloudflare in early 2022 acquired Area 1 Security for $162 million.

Palo Alto Networks has spent over $3.6 billion making 11 acquisitions over the past three years. Further, with roots in the “firewall” network security market, Palo Alto aims to build a broad cloud-based security platform.

In its latest deal, Palo Alto Networks in November bought Cider Security for $195 million in cash.

PE Firm Thoma Bravo Steps Up

Among PE firms, Thoma Bravo has been the most aggressive buyer of cybersecurity stocks. Thoma Bravo in October agreed to buy ForgeRock in an all-cash $2.3 billion deal.

The Justice Department is conducting an antitrust review of the deal. San Francisco-based ForgeRock provides identity and access management solutions for consumers and workforces, as well as devices that are part of the Internet of Things.

Thoma Bravo earlier acquired Ping Identity Holdings, SailPoint Technology, Proofpoint, Sophos and Barracuda. Also, more consolidation is expected among cybersecurity firms that sell products targeting consumer-facing businesses and identity and access management.

“The race is on between CyberArk (ស៊ីអេសប៊ី), Okta (យល់ព្រម), Thoma Bravo and ក្រុមហ៊ុន Microsoft (MSFT) as each company develops or acquires the pieces to deliver a consolidated identity platform,” cybersecurity stocks analyst Alex Zukin of Wolfe Research said in a 2023 outlook report.

Among possible targets, analysts have pointed to អាចទុកចិត្តបាន (TENB) និង រហ័ស ៧ (DPR).

Building The Best Platform

While Microsoft is oft-viewed as a possible acquirer, cloud-computing rival Google has also been active. Google-parent អក្ខរក្រម (Google) in 2022 acquired cybersecurity firm Mandiant in an all-cash $5.4 billion deal. Mandiant is now part of Google’s cloud-computing business.

Earlier, Google acquired Siemplify, a security orchestration, automation and response provider, for around $500 million.

Meanwhile, Baird’s Kothari said the challenge for cybersecurity stocks is building integrated platforms, not offering price discounts on product packages.

“Several vendors have already constructed full security platforms that include security analytics and incident response capabilities,” he wrote. “(But) buyers are making the distinction between integrated solutions and bundles offering many stand-alone products.”

សូមអនុវត្តតាម Reinhardt Krause នៅលើ Twitter @reinhardtk_tech សម្រាប់ការធ្វើបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពលើប្រព័ន្ធឥតខ្សែ 5G ភាពវៃឆ្លាតសិប្បនិម្មិតសុវត្ថិភាពតាមអ៊ីនធឺណិតនិងពពកកុំព្យូទ័រ។

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