Accenture Expands OT Cybersecurity Capabilities
Accenture has announced that it is taking a majority stake in Dragos and fully acquiring runZero and NetRise as part of a major OT cybersecurity push valued at roughly $4.1 billion.
Dragos is widely recognized for its vendor-neutral platform specializing in OT threat detection and industrial cybersecurity. NetRise contributes deep firmware analysis and software supply chain visibility capabilities, while runZero, the company founded by renowned cybersecurity expert and Metasploit creator HD Moore, adds advanced asset discovery, exposure assessment, and attack surface intelligence.
Unified Solution for Industrial and Critical Infrastructure Operators
Accenture says the combination of the three companies will deliver a unified solution that provides industrial and critical infrastructure operators with enhanced visibility across their OT environments, as well as improved threat detection and response capabilities.
Our agreement to acquire a majority stake in Dragos and all of runZero and NetRise, leaders in OT Security, is the type of move that defines our strategy: it is expanding our addressable market, creating a new platform-led growth opportunity, and is positioning Accenture at the center of one of the most critical cybersecurity challenges our clients face, said Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet.
Deal Details and Future Plans
According to Accenture’s announcement, the combined enterprise value is roughly $4.175 billion, subject to standard price adjustments. The deals are expected to close in August and September. Once the acquisitions are completed, runZero and NetRise will be led by Dragos CEO Robert Lee and they will operate under Dragos, which will remain an independent business.
Lee noted in a LinkedIn post that the deal values Dragos at $3.25 billion. We will remain an independent and vendor-neutral company as always, and Accenture is going to give us reach, and scale to find and remove adversaries from our community’s infrastructure, Lee said. Accenture will also contribute their OT cybersecurity expertise and unique datasets that no other provider has to help us make the Dragos Platform and our AI capabilities the most complete xOT cybersecurity platform in the market.
Projected Revenue and Competitive Response
According to Accenture, Dragos, runZero, and NetRise are projected to deliver roughly $208 million in ARR as of June 2026, representing a 53% increase from the prior year. Accenture’s acquisition strategy may also be viewed as a competitive response to ServiceNow’s $7.75 billion acquisition of Armis and as an effort to extend its reach across IT, OT, IoT, and medical devices.
Accenture is building a similar foundation through runZero’s asset discovery, NetRise’s device and firmware intelligence, and Dragos’ OT security platform, creating the building blocks of a comprehensive asset-centric security platform.
Related Acquisitions and Cybersecurity Landscape
The transaction also brings together two cybersecurity firms founded by military veterans: Dragos, launched by former US Air Force cyber warfare officer Robert M. Lee, and NetRise, founded by former US Marine Thomas Pace. Lee is currently serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard, serving as the Executive Officer at the IOSC in the 91st Brigade focused on OT/ICS cybersecurity and response.
Accenture announced two cybersecurity-related acquisitions last year: IAMConcepts and CyberCX. SecurityWeek’s M&A tracker has cataloged approximately 190 deals to date in 2026.
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Source: SecurityWeek