Accenture on Thursday announced that it’s taking a majority stake in Dragos and fully acquiring runZero and NetRise as part of a major OT cybersecurity push valued at roughly $4.1 billion.
Dragos is widely recognized for its vendor-neutral platform specializing in OT threat detection and industrial cybersecurity.
NetRise contributes deep firmware analysis and software supply chain visibility capabilities, while runZero, the company founded by renowned cybersecurity expert and Metasploit creator HD Moore, adds advanced asset discovery, exposure assessment, and attack surface intelligence.
Accenture says the combination of the three companies will deliver a unified solution that provides industrial and critical infrastructure operators with enhanced visibility across their OT environments, as well as improved threat detection and response capabilities.
“Our agreement to acquire a majority stake in Dragos and all of runZero and NetRise, leaders in OT Security, is the type of move that defines our strategy: it is expanding our addressable market, creating a new platform-led growth opportunity, and is positioning Accenture at the center of one of the most critical cybersecurity challenges our clients face,” said Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet.
