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Merger and acquisition activity involving cybersecurity companies continued at a rapid pace in the last two weeks, with Accenture, Forcepoint, OneTrust and the Swedish IT consultancy firm Knowit AB all making acquisitions.
Professional services firm Accentureannounced April 29 it had entered into an agreement to acquire the managed security services provider Openminded.
During the first week of May, Forcepoint announced it had purchased the browser security company Cyberinc, OneTrust revealed its intention to acquire the third-party risk organization Shared Assessments and Knowit AB announced plans to acquire the cybersecurity consulting firm Cybercom.
Accenture Buying Openminded
Accenture's pending acquisition of Paris-based managed security services provider Openminded would be its second cybersecurity deal of the year. It purchased Real Protect in January