- SGNL acquisition would see CrowdStrike strengthen its identity management
- Non-human and agentic identities require a new continuous management strategy
- CrowdStrike threatens to “[disrupt] the premise of modern privilege and access”
CrowdStrike has confirmed that it will acquire identity security startup SGNL for around $740 million in a mostly cash deal, subject to regulatory approval.
SGNL would help CrowdStrike strengthen its protection against AI-driven cyber threats, CrowdStrike explained, by allowing access to human, non-human and AI identities.
This comes as IDC expects the identity security market to nearly double from $29 billion in 2025 to $56 billion by 2029, all against the backdrop of a growing agent workforce that requires security companies to rethink identity management.
CrowdStrike to acquire SGNL to boost identity management
“AI agents operate with superhuman speed and access, making each agent a privileged identity that must be protected,” explained CrowdStrike CEI George Kurtz. “We are disrupting the premise of modern privilege and access, for every identity, human or machine. This is identity security built for the age of AI.”
This next-generation principle would be based on real-time access control rather than static, permanent privileges. SGNL already continually assesses user identity and risk behavior/signals.
“The world needs our technology to eradicate the significant risk that inherited privilege exposes in current and future environments,” added SGNL CEO Scott Kriz. “Joining CrowdStrike gives us global scale natively through the leading cybersecurity platform to transform enterprise security.”
Even though the CrowdStrike incident in 2024 affected stock prices, they have continued to rise, as has the company’s revenue, which increased by nearly a third in its most recent full fiscal year.
The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of Crowdstrike’s fiscal 2027 year, or by the end of April 2026. SGNL staff are expected to remain under the startup’s new ownership, so there will be no layoffs associated with the trade.
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