Thoma Bravo-backed cybersecurity firm Sophos has announced its acquisition of Secureworks, a cybersecurity service provider, for approximately $859 million to

In 2022 it spent $6.9 billion on Texan identity and access management biz SailPoint and a year earlier coughed up $12.3 billion for email security firm Proofpoint. The fund managers bought Sophos itself for over $3 billion in 2020 and reports it has around $50 billion in current cybersecurity assets. ®

With the deal, the companies aim to fortify the resilience and security posture of companies around the world.