Palo Alto Networks has officially completed its $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk. Identity security will now become a core pillar of Palo Alto’s platform offering. The deal, announced in July 2025, was completed faster than expected due to German approval.
The acquisition adds more than 10,000 CyberArk customers to Palo Alto’s customer base. These organizations use the platform for identity security, with a focus on Privileged Access Management. The offering focuses on securing human, machine, and AI identities.
Identity security has become increasingly important for modern businesses. Machine identities outnumber human identities by a factor of 80 to 1, according to figures. At the same time, 75 percent of organizations acknowledge that their human identities are managed using outdated privilege models.
The acquisition of CyberArk should help organizations address this shift. By extending privileged access security controls to all identities in an organization, companies can reduce permanent, always-active administrative rights and limit lateral movement. According to Palo Alto, organizations that use identity-driven security controls can accelerate response time to breaches by up to 80 percent.
CyberArk remains available as a standalone solution
CyberArk’s Identity Security solutions will remain available as a standalone platform. At the same time, Palo Alto is working to integrate CyberArk’s capabilities into its own security ecosystem. According to the companies, existing customers will experience no disruption and will benefit from an accelerated roadmap focused on resilience and operational efficiency.
“The emerging wave of AI agents will require us to secure every identity—human, machine, and agent,” said Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks. “For our customers, this means the end of ‘identity silos.’ They can now manage privileged access across their entire hybrid cloud environment from the same company they trust for Network Security and Security Operations.”
Matt Cohen, CEO of CyberArk, calls the deal a win-win. “our customers gain access to the world’s most comprehensive security portfolio, and our employees join a global innovation engine. Together, we are creating the most robust combination of proven technologies to stop identity-driven breaches.”