In 2022, the number of such transactions did not exceed five

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"I do not rule out that in our country in 2023, new names, both famous and not so famous, will be added to the number of already known deals on information security. At least I expect at least 7-10 deals on information security this year, if nothing unexpected happens," said Alexey Lukatsky, the host of the "Business without Danger" block, in a review of similar deals on the world market.

. According to uk cell phone number list the expert, the main driver for activating the mergers and acquisitions process is the need for the Russian market to search for new development paths and, accordingly, to develop fundamentally new solutions, including those that no one else has yet.

Abroad, according to Security Week, by the end of 2022, about 450 mergers and acquisitions were announced among information security companies. Moreover, a third of this number relates to the segment of MSSP (managed security service provider) and MDR (managed detection and response) services, and the number of deals has doubled compared to 2021. Also, IT service providers actively invested in information security, while the greatest demand was for such areas as cyber intelligence, or Threat Intelligence, threat detection and response, as well as incident management.

According to Rustem Khairetdinov, Deputy CEO of Garda Technologies, acquisitions are becoming the only way for large players to grow quickly: "The window of opportunity that opened for Russian companies with the departure of foreign developers will be open for another year, two at most. Then customers will somehow solve the problems that have arisen, and the situation will return to organic growth from explosive. In this situation, developing something from scratch means not being able to make it to the market redistribution. Therefore, it is obvious that the only way for large players to grow quickly is to acquire smaller ones, providing them with clients and investments in development in exchange for a share in the company."