The acquisition aims to integrate Armis’ real-time asset discovery and cyber-physical security capabilities into ServiceNow’s security workflows.
ServiceNow has entered into an agreement to acquire Armis, a provider of cyber exposure management and cyber-physical security, for $7.75 billion in cash. Armis manages cyber risk across the attack surface in medical devices, IT, operational technology, and other environments for companies, governments, and critical infrastructure.
The acquisition is expected to expand ServiceNow’s security workflow offerings and advance AI-native cybersecurity and vulnerability response across connected devices. Together, ServiceNow and Armis aim to create a unified, end-to-end security exposure and operations stack that can see, decide, and act across the technology footprint by connecting asset discovery, threat intelligence, and risk prioritization with automated remediation and response workflows.
“ServiceNow is building the security platform of tomorrow,” says Amit Zavery, president, chief operating officer, and chief product officer at ServiceNow, in a release. “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. Together with Armis, we will deliver an industry-defining strategic cybersecurity shield for real-time, end-to-end proactive protection across all technology estates.”
Eyes on Security with AI Adoption
Security continues to be the number-one priority for CEOs as organizations navigate increased adoption of AI, according to a release from ServiceNow. Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to increase 12.5% in 2026 to $240 billion, with rising threats and the expanding use of AI and generative AI being the key growth drivers. As rapid AI adoption expands the attack surface for organizations, real-time visibility into vulnerabilities and actionable insights for what to fix first are critical to minimize risk and strengthen security posture, ServiceNow notes in a release.
The acquisition of Armis aims to extend and enhance ServiceNow’s security, risk, and OT portfolios in critical and fast-growing areas of cybersecurity and drive increased AI adoption by strengthening trust across businesses’ connected environments. The acquisition is expected to more than triple ServiceNow’s market opportunity for security and risk solutions and accelerate ServiceNow’s roadmap to autonomous proactive cybersecurity.
“We built Armis to protect the most critical environments and give both public and private sector organizations the real-time intelligence they need to stay ahead—so they can see their entire environment clearly, understand risk in context, and take action before an incident occurs,” says Yevgeny Dibrov, co-founder and CEO, Armis, in a release. “Together with ServiceNow, customers will have a powerful new way to reduce their exposure and strengthen security at scale.”
Entering Cyber-physical Security and Expanding Cyber Exposure Management
Armis’ security products are designed to extend the lifecycle of cyber exposure management, discovering assets in real-time and prioritizing the highest-risk issues. The products will pair with ServiceNow workflows to drive end-to-end protection and lifecycle action including in industries with cyber-physical assets—such as healthcare—so security teams stay ahead of threat actors rather than react after breaches occur.
By connecting Armis’ capabilities and dataset to the ServiceNow AI Control Tower, which onboards, governs, and manages AI across the enterprise, ServiceNow aims to build on its broader security investments and the need for end-to-end exposure management and identity governance in AI security.
As longtime partners, ServiceNow and Armis already offer multiple integrations that connect Armis’ data and insights to ServiceNow’s workflow action. When paired with ServiceNow’s business-context CMDB, which maps assets to the services, processes, and teams they support, and the ServiceNow AI Platform, ServiceNow and Armis “will more effectively defend organizations from AI-powered attacks, by offering a complete, actionable understanding of cyber exposures and resolution workflows,” according to a release from the company.
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