Four billion-dollar deals have occurred in the security space this year, the same as in 2018. Broadcom bought Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7 billion. Thoma Bravo bought UK-based Sophos for $3.9 billion. Thales completes its acquisition of Gemalto for $5.4 billion. Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation buy LogMeIn for $4.3 billion. Cybersecurity/identidentity/identity, network and endpoint security (15%) and anti-malware (11%) rounded out the top four.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3505980/10-biggest-cybersecurity-manda-deals-of-2019.html