ServiceNow Completes Armis Acquisition, Strengthening Cyber Exposure Management and Asset Visibility

ServiceNow has made a significant move in the cybersecurity landscape by completing its acquisition of Armis, a leader in cyber exposure management. This strategic acquisition enhances ServiceNow’s AI-driven security platform, enabling it to provide real-time visibility, automated remediation, and trusted control across increasingly complex enterprise environments.

Armis specializes in delivering a comprehensive AI-powered solution that manages cyber-risk across a wide array of connected assets, including operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) devices, medical equipment, and cloud infrastructures. This acquisition extends ServiceNow’s capabilities into the physical and operational layers of enterprises, providing the necessary cyber asset intelligence and business context to deploy Agentic AI with trust and control at scale.

Expanding Capabilities Following Recent Acquisitions

The acquisition of Armis follows ServiceNow’s earlier purchase of Veza in March 2026, which integrated AI-native identity intelligence into the ServiceNow AI Platform. This integration enables enterprises to maintain continuous visibility into access rights across digital resources. The combination of Armis and Veza allows ServiceNow to deliver critical pre-breach and post-breach security outcomes, thereby enhancing its identity intelligence and cyber exposure management capabilities.

Armis provides real-time visibility and protection across every connected cyber asset, while Veza maps permissions and access paths across human, machine, and AI agent identities. This synergy is vital as enterprises increasingly adopt Agentic AI, which necessitates a comprehensive understanding of their security posture.

Addressing the Visibility and Cyber-Risk Gap

Security teams have long struggled with fragmented point-solution stacks that create a significant gap between detection and response. Tools designed to manage risk often lack the capability to execute remediation actions, while those focused on remediation do not provide a complete view of the security landscape. This disconnect has led to an increased risk of security incidents, particularly as stolen credentials remain a primary entry point for attackers.

The proliferation of machine identities, which now outnumber human identities by more than 80 to 1, complicates matters further. Nearly half of these machine identities possess sensitive or privileged access rights that organizations struggle to monitor and control. As enterprises accelerate their adoption of Agentic AI, their attack surfaces have expanded to include unmanaged OT devices and other connected systems, presenting challenges that traditional security tools are ill-equipped to handle.

ServiceNow’s architectural advantage lies in its ability to provide continuous, real-time visibility and management across all connected cyber assets. Armis employs non-invasive discovery methods to track nearly seven billion devices, encompassing OT, IoT, medical devices, and cloud environments.

The Role of Contextual Awareness in Cybersecurity

Veza’s Access Graph enhances cross-system visibility by detailing every permission held by human, machine, and AI agent identities. Together, these graphs power ServiceNow’s Context Engine, which grounds AI actions in business reality. This organizational intelligence maps assets and identities to the services, processes, teams, and policies that depend on them, allowing for automatic risk prioritization and autonomous remediation.

The result is a platform that not only identifies risks but also determines what actions are most critical, automates workflows, and maintains a comprehensive audit trail for every step taken.

Amit Zavery, President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Product Officer at ServiceNow, emphasized the importance of this integration. He stated that while most security platforms stop at alerting users, ServiceNow closes the loop by providing real-time, contextual awareness of cyber risks across all connected assets. This capability is particularly crucial for devices and systems that traditional tools have failed to adequately monitor.

Implications for Customers and Partners

For existing Armis customers, the integration of Armis Centrix with ServiceNow’s product and engineering teams enhances support and functionality. The solution is now integrated with the ServiceNow AI Platform while remaining available as a standalone product, with deeper integration anticipated in the future.

Customers of both ServiceNow and Armis can immediately leverage their combined capabilities, with broader availability expected soon. Partners of both companies stand to benefit by tapping into the growing demand from organizations seeking to deploy Agentic AI with trust and control at scale.

Establishing a Global Hub for Cyber Defence

In a bid to pioneer autonomous cyber defense, ServiceNow is establishing an AI Centre for Cyber Defence. This global hub will focus on developing the next generation of AI security stacks and transitioning from reactive security measures to proactive, agentic cyber defense strategies. The center aims to bridge the gap between AI research and practical cybersecurity solutions, serving as a resource for enterprise security leaders navigating the shift from legacy frameworks to AI-native security postures.

Building on Strengths and Market Leadership

Since the acquisition was announced, Armis has continued to operate independently while being recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity space. It was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms for the second consecutive year and has received accolades in various categories from The Forrester Wave reports.

The integration of Armis’ asset intelligence with ServiceNow’s workflow actions is not a new initiative but rather an acceleration of existing capabilities. Armis is trusted by nine of the Fortune 10 and over 35% of the Fortune 100, as well as numerous public sector organizations and government agencies. Many of these entities are already ServiceNow customers, highlighting the complementary nature of both companies’ offerings.

With Armis employees joining ServiceNow, the combined organization brings extensive expertise in cyber-physical security and risk management to the ServiceNow AI Platform. This collaboration is expected to accelerate the roadmap for autonomous and proactive cybersecurity solutions. ServiceNow recently reported its largest quarter for operational technology in Q4 2025, with its security and risk business surpassing $1 billion in annual contract value in Q3.

The combined capabilities of Armis and Veza are projected to significantly expand ServiceNow’s addressable market for security and risk solutions.

Source: www.intelligentciso.com

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