In the largest cybersecurity deal of the year, ServiceNow has agreed to acquire startup Armis for $7.75 billion. The acquisition aims to integrate Armis’s real-time asset discovery and AI threat detection directly into the ServiceNow platform to manage the explosion of unmanaged IoT devices.
Business Impact
This deal signals that “Visibility” is the new priority for 2026. Companies cannot protect what they cannot see. By merging asset management with security detection, ServiceNow aims to provide a single “source of truth” for everything from corporate laptops to factory floor sensors and hospital infusion pumps.
Why It Happened
Hackers have successfully paralyzed giants like Microsoft and UnitedHealth by targeting unmanaged and unpatchable IoT devices. ServiceNow realizes that traditional IT management must evolve into a unified security and risk posture to survive 2026 threats.
Recommended Executive Action
If you are a ServiceNow user, prepare to leverage these new visibility tools in late 2026. In the meantime, audit your own “Shadow IoT” footprint. Many breaches start on a device that isn’t even in the company’s official hardware inventory.
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