ServiceNow has announced the purchase of Armisfor which it will pay $7.75 billion in cash, and with which it hopes to advance in risk exposure management and cybersecurity. Its role is to manage digital risk across the attack surface in IT, operational technology and medical devices, among other environments for enterprises, governments and critical infrastructure.
The operation will close in the second half of 2026, and the Armis workforce will become part of ServiceNow. The acquired company has an outstanding reputation for its advancements in cybersecurity platforms in enterprise IT, OT, cloud and IoT environments.
This purchase will augment ServiceNow’s security workflow offering and facilitate its advancement in response to vulnerabilities and proactive, AI-native cybersecurity on connected devices, and together with Armis will create a unified end-to-end cybersecurity exposure and operations stack to see, decide and act against threats. This will include real-time asset discovery, threat intelligence and risk prioritization, as well as automatic remediation and response workflows.
The transaction will therefore expand and enhance ServiceNow’s security, risk management and OT services portfolios in critical and fast-growing areas of the cybersecurity sector. It will also increase the adoption of AI in the company. The operation is expected to more than triple ServiceNow’s market opportunity in this type of solutions, in addition to accelerating the company’s roadmap towards proactive and autonomous cybersecurity.
Armis is responsible for extending the entire lifecycle of cyber exposure management, with real-time asset discovery and prioritization of the highest risk issues. Armis security products will be combined with ServiceNow workflows to drive comprehensive protection and lifecycle measures, including in sectors with cyber-physical assets, such as manufacturing and healthcare.
This way, security teams will stay ahead of malicious actors instead of reacting after breaches occur. In essence, the transaction will connect Armis’ capabilities and data set with ServiceNow’s AI control center, which integrates, governs and manages AI across the enterprise.
ServiceNow and Armis have been collaborating and working together on different aspects for a long time, so they already offer multiple integrations that connect Armis’ differentiated data and insights with ServiceNow workflow actions. Armis offers deep, real-time, agentless discovery and classification of managed and unmanaged assets. Including OT, IoT, medical and industrial devices that traditional tools often overlook.
When combined with the ServiceNow enterprise context configuration management database, which maps assets to the services, processes and teams they support, and the ServiceNow AI platform. The company, following the closing of the transaction, will therefore be able to offer more advanced defense against AI-driven attacks, offering a complete and actionable understanding of cyber exposures and resolution workflows.
Exposure information will automatically flow to the appropriate teams, trigger remediation at scale, and provide continuous, measurable reduction in business risk. Instead of fragmented views across separate tools, Armis and ServiceNow will deliver a trusted AI-native platform for cyber asset exposure management, giving customers confidence in what is connected, what is exposed, and how quickly it can be addressed.
Amit Zavery, President, COO and Chief Product Officer, ServiceNowremember that «ServiceNow is building the security platform of the future. In the era of authentic AI, intelligent trust and governance that spans any cloud, any asset, any AI system, and any device is imperative if enterprises want to scale AI over the long term. Together with Armis, we will deliver an industry-defining strategic cybersecurity shield that will provide real-time, end-to-end proactive protection across all technology environments. Modern cyber risks aren’t limited to a single silo, and with security built into ServiceNow’s AI platform, neither will we.«.
Yevgeny Dibrov, co-founder and CEO of Armis, has stressed for his part that «AI is transforming the threat landscape faster than most organizations can adapt. Every connected asset has become a potential point of vulnerability. We built Armis to protect the most critical environments and provide public and private sector organizations with the real-time intelligence they need to stay ahead, so they can clearly see their entire environment, understand risk in context, and take action before an incident occurs. Together with ServiceNow, customers will have a powerful new way to reduce their exposure and strengthen security at scale«.
