Cybersecurity Investment Remains Strong, M&A Activity Heads Toward New Annual Record

Despite a global economy still suffering from the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic and this year’s war in Ukraine, financing in the cybersecurity market has remained strong. In Q3 2022, a total of 221 companies raised $3.3 billion, while 104 M&A deals had a disclosed value of $11.7 billion. 2022 is likely to set a new M&A record. Strong areas of interest to investors included blockchain security, IAM, and privacy, while interest in DevSecOps and the need to embed security throughout the software development life cycle is growing.