Atos to acquire leading cybersecurity services company Motiv
IJsselstein, the Netherlands and Paris, France – December sixteen, 2020
Atos today announces it has achieved an arrangement to purchase Motiv ICT Safety, the largest independent Managed Safety Products and services (MSS) company in the Netherlands. This acquisition will fortify Atos’ position as the 3rd around the globe Managed Safety Products and services company[one] and develop its abilities in important spots such as threat detection and response. In addition, Motiv’s sovereign Safety Functions Center (SOC), independently licensed at the maximum levels of maturity, will more bolster Atos’ substantial community of international SOCs, a pivotal ingredient of the Atos Prescriptive Safety solution.
Atos will advantage from Motiv’s a hundred and eighty+ hugely proficient cybersecurity gurus, with each other with the Motiv Academy, very well identified for its capacity to quickly-observe new expertise into SOC operational deployment. This acquisition will also bring additional regional industry understanding and specialist protection insight of significant price to Atos’ operations and customers.
Atos’ substantial abilities in electronic transformation will advantage Motiv’s purchaser base of far more than 100 substantial and mid-tier customers in the public sector, regulation enforcement, monetary expert services and health care sectors, though opening new chances for Motiv to maximize its footprint more throughout the Netherlands and Northern Europe. Motiv will also advantage from Atos’ new financial investment in the Managed Detection and Reaction (MDR) platform, AIsaac, bringing condition-of-the-art engineering to Dutch customers.
Launched in 1998 and headquartered in IJsselstein, Motiv is a leader in MSS and Safety Operation Center expert services in the Netherlands.
“Motiv supports Atos’ electronic protection eyesight for a converged organization-pushed protection paradigm, enabled by sovereign capacity and purchaser intimacy, and made probable by means of its stop-to-stop protection expert services. This strategic acquisition more confirms Atos’ leadership in the European cybersecurity industry. Motiv’s observe history in advancement, regional knowledge and reputation in the industry will fortify Atos’ teams in Northern Europe giving a amazing possibility to improve the electronic protection organization.” states Pierre Barnabé, Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Big Details & Cybersecurity at Atos. “This enhances the newest in a collection of strategic acquisitions to fortify our regional capacity in starting to be the important trusted cybersecurity spouse for international corporations on their electronic journeys.”
“By signing up for forces with Atos, we accelerate on our mission to aid the secure electronic transformation of our customers, unlocking the comprehensive probable of Atos’ international cyber protection company and abilities to our customers”, says Aksel Dorèl, CEO of Motiv. “We are excited with this essential next step for Motiv, our staff members and our customers”.
The closing of the transaction is predicted to take spot in Q1 2021 and is issue to customary anti-believe in filings.
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About Atos
Atos is a international leader in electronic transformation with a hundred and ten,000 staff members and yearly revenue of € 12 billion. European range 1 in cybersecurity, cloud and high functionality computing, the team provides customized stop-to-stop options for all industries in 73 nations around the world. A pioneer in decarbonization expert services and merchandise, Atos is fully commited to a secure and decarbonized electronic for its consumers. Atos operates less than the manufacturers Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), detailed on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.
The objective of Atos is to enable layout the upcoming of the facts place. Its knowledge and expert services aid the development of understanding, education and analysis in a multicultural solution and add to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the entire world, the team permits its customers and staff members, and customers of societies at substantial to are living, function and establish sustainably, in a secure and secure facts place.
About Motiv ICT Safety
Motiv is a primary Dutch cyber protection company company with in excess of 22 many years of experience. Motiv provides corporations in both the public and private sectors with cyber protection options and expert services to stop cybercrime, details theft and details leaks. Motiv’s knowledgeable protection experts cautiously establish protection threats and present ground breaking options that make sure ideal secure organization procedures and applications. The Motiv Safety Functions Center (SOC) has been regarded as a international leader in independent external assessments dependent on the Safety Functions Maturity Design (SOMM).
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[one]Gartner Industry Share: IT Products and services, All over the world, 2019, thirteen April 2020
