SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI control tower for business reinvention, today entered into an agreement to acquire Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. Armis, a leader in cyber exposure management and cyber-physical security, manages cyber risk across the full attack surface in IT, operational technology (OT), medical devices, and other environments for companies, governments, and critical infrastructure worldwide. The acquisition will expand ServiceNow’s security workflow offerings and advance AI-native, proactive cybersecurity and vulnerability response across all connected devices. Together, ServiceNow and Armis will create a unified, end-to-end security exposure and operations stack that can see, decide, and act across the entire technology footprint by connecting real-time asset discovery, threat intelligence, and risk prioritization with automated remediation and response workflows.
As companies use AI more and more, security is still the most important thing for CEOs. By 2026, global end-user expenditure on information security is expected to rise by 12.5% to $240 billion. The main reasons for this development are the rise in risks and the growing usage of AI and generative AI. As more businesses start using AI quickly, they become more vulnerable to attacks. To reduce risk and improve security, businesses need to be able to see their vulnerabilities in real time and get immediate advice on what to repair first. ServiceNow’s Security, Risk, and OT portfolios will grow and improve with the purchase of Armis. This will happen in important and fast-growing areas of cybersecurity and will encourage more organizations to use AI by making their connected environments more trustworthy. ServiceNow is already a leader in security because its Security and Risk division crossed the $1 billion annual contract value (ACV) mark in the third quarter of 2025. This smart purchase is likely to more than increase ServiceNow’s market potential for security and risk solutions and speed up the company’s path to self-sufficient proactive cybersecurity.
Amit Zavery, president, chief operating officer, and chief product officer of ServiceNow, said, “ServiceNow is building the security platform of tomorrow.” “Companies that want to scale AI for the long run need intelligent trust and governance that work across every cloud, asset, AI system, and device. We will work with Armis to create a strategic cybersecurity shield that will set the standard for the industry and provide real-time, end-to-end proactive protection across all technological estates. Cyber risk today doesn’t remain neatly in one place, and neither will we, as security is embedded into the ServiceNow AI Platform.
“AI is changing the threat picture quicker than most companies can keep up. “Every connected asset has become a potential point of vulnerability,” said Yevgeny Dibrov, co-founder and CEO of Armis. “We built Armis to protect the most important places and give both public and private sector groups the real-time information they need to stay ahead. This way, they can see their whole environment clearly, understand risk in context, and act before something bad happens.” Customers will have a powerful new option to lower their risk and make security stronger on a large scale with ServiceNow.
Larry Feinsmith, head of Global Tech Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships at JPMorgan Chase, said, “In the age of AI and agents, the benefits and value will be huge, but so will the complexity.” “The combination of ServiceNow and Armis gives a dynamic picture of an enterprise’s connected technology assets and a blueprint powered by AI and agents to secure and enable trusted AI.”
Adding cyber-physical security and more cyber exposure monitoring to the ServiceNow AI Platform
Armis extends the whole lifecycle of cyber exposure management by finding assets in real time and putting the most dangerous problems at the top of the list. Armis’ security products will interface with ServiceNow workflows to provide full protection and lifecycle action, even in industries with cyber-physical assets like manufacturing and healthcare. This way, security teams can stay one step ahead of threat actors instead of reacting after breaches happen. By linking Armis’ unique dataset and capabilities to the ServiceNow AI Control Tower, which manages, oversees, and controls AI across the company, ServiceNow builds on its other security investments and the need for comprehensive exposure management and identity governance in AI security.
ServiceNow and Armis have been working together for a long time, and they already have several integrations that link Armis’ unique data and insights to ServiceNow’s workflow action. Armis gives you a constantly updated map of the business environment by discovering and classifying managed and unmanaged assets in real time without the need of agents. This includes OT, IoT, medical, and industrial devices that standard solutions often miss.
When combined with ServiceNow’s business-context CMDB, which links assets to the services, processes, and teams they support, and the ServiceNow AI Platform, ServiceNow and Armis will be better able to protect businesses from AI-powered attacks by giving them a full, actionable picture of their cyber risks and how to fix them. The proper teams will automatically get exposure information, which will start large-scale remediation and lead to a measurable, ongoing decrease in corporate risk. Instead of having several tools show different views, Armis and ServiceNow will provide a reliable AI-native platform for managing cyber asset exposure. This will give clients peace of mind about what’s linked, what’s exposed, and how soon it can be fixed.
Armis is well-known for being a leader in cybersecurity and innovation across enterprise IT, OT, cloud, and IoT settings. Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms recently designated Armis a Leader. Armis also won an Inc. Best in Business award for Innovation. The company has more than $340 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), and its ARR increase from year to year is more than 50%. Armis was founded in 2015 and now has about 950 employees. Its platform is used by Global 2000 companies, including over 35% of the Fortune 100 and seven of the Fortune 10, as well as by government agencies and public-sector organizations all over the world.
Details of the transaction
ServiceNow has agreed to buy Armis for about $7.75 billion in cash, with some changes that are common in deals like these. ServiceNow plans to pay for the deal with a mix of cash on hand and debt. The deal is likely to finalize in the second half of 2026, as long as all the usual regulatory clearances and closing conditions are met. When the deal is done, Armis’ personnel will join ServiceNow.
Advisers
Tidal Partners was ServiceNow’s main financial advisor. ServiceNow also got financial advice from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays.
Using statements that look forward
There are “forward-looking statements” in this press release about ServiceNow’s plans, beliefs, expectations, and strategies for buying Armis. Some examples of forward-looking statements are those that talk about what products will be able to do in the future and what benefits ServiceNow expects to get. There are known and unknown risks and uncertainties that come with forward-looking statements, and they are based on assumptions that may not be correct, which could make the actual results quite different from what the forward-looking statements say or imply. If any of these risks or uncertainties turn out to be true, or if any of the assumptions we make turn out to be wrong, our results could be quite different from what we say or imply in our forward-looking statements. We have no duty to update the forward-looking statements and do not plan to do so. There are many things that could cause actual results to be very different from what is said in any forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, not being able to or having to wait to integrate Armis’ technology into our platform; not being able to keep Armis employees after the deal closes; unexpected obligations or liabilities related to Armis’ legacy business; possible negative tax effects; and interruptions to our business and management’s attention and other resources. We file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time that include more information about things that could affect our financial and other outcomes.
About ServiceNow
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is the AI control center for reinventing businesses. The ServiceNow AI Platform works with any cloud, model, or data source to manage how work gets done throughout the whole company. ServiceNow ties intelligence to action across all parts of an organization by bringing together old systems, departmental tools, cloud apps, and AI agents into one place. ServiceNow helps businesses turn their disorganized processes into coordinated, self-sufficient workflows that get results. The platform runs more than 75 billion workflows each year.
What Armis Is
Armis is a cyber exposure management and security company that secures the whole attack surface and keeps an eye on the organization’s cyber risk exposure in real time. In a world that is changing quickly and doesn’t have any borders, Armis makes sure that businesses can always monitor, protect, and manage all of their important assets, from the ground to the cloud. Armis protects Fortune 100, 200, and 500 enterprises, as well as national, state, and municipal governments, to keep key infrastructure, economies, and society safe and secure all the time. The main office of Armis is in California.
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