Cybersecurity · Industry brief
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← See today's latestIdentity market consolidates; Blackwall unicorn; Spanish dealmaking
Identity platform consolidation
Identity and access management just became a tier-one play.
Five vendors—Microsoft, Okta, CyberArk, SailPoint, and IBM Security—now control 39% of a $25.5 billion market projected to grow 11% annually through 2035 [Quelle: GM Insights]. Palo Alto's February acquisition of CyberArk, Microsoft's Entra Agent ID launch at Ignite 2025, and SailPoint's adaptive identity platform in September 2025 signal a race to own machine-identity and autonomous-agent security as buyers migrate toward unified governance stacks. Standalone identity vendors now compete on agent-native capabilities, not just user provisioning.
Watch which vendors next acquire machine-identity specialists.
Blackwall reaches $2.2B valuation
Cyberattack prevention startup Blackwall hit unicorn status.
The company raised €100 million in a funding round valuing it at approximately $2.2 billion [Quelle: ERR News]. The round reflects sustained investor appetite for prevention-first security, though it also signals that capital is concentrating around late-stage scale-ups with proven enterprise traction rather than seed-stage innovation plays.
Early-stage founders face tighter fundraising windows ahead.
OT cybersecurity M&A in Spain
Operational technology security is attracting consolidation.
Allurity acquired 4Elitech in a Spain-based deal advised by Baker Tilly Tech M&A, part of a broader September wave of technology M&A in the region [Quelle: Capital Riesgo]. The deal underscores how buyers are filling OT capability gaps as industrial IoT and manufacturing automation compliance tightens across Europe under NIS2 and sector-specific regulations.
Expect more OT roll-ups as critical-infrastructure sectors face Q4 audit deadlines.
Notable technology M&A deals in Spain | September 2026 Analysis19 hours ago ... Baker Tilly Tech M&A acted as exclusive financial adviser to Argos Fund and Havant. ... OT cybersecurity: Allurity acquires 4Elitech with advice from Baker Tilly.capital-riesgo.es
Identity and Access Management Market Size & Share 2026-203518 hours ago ... ... consolidation, application integration, and ongoing entitlement review. ... Identity and Access Management Market Share & Competitive Landscape. The ...gminsights.com
Cyberattack prevention startup Blackwall has raised - Facebook14 hours ago ... Nine M&A deals in 2021 so far have been valued at greater than $1 billion ... Cybersecurity VC funding surges to a record $11.5B in 2021 – TechCrunch. 0 ...facebook.com