5. Brian Murphy, ReliaQuest

ReliaQuest is buying Digital Shadows, which delivers threat intelligence for security teams, for a cool $160 million. ReliaQuest increases visibility, reduces complexity and manages risk with its cloud-native security operations platform, GreyMatter.

Combined, the two companies will make security operations more effective, said Brian Murphy, founder and CEO at ReliaQuest. He also made waves for his comments about how this deal will affect the channel.

“This acquisition will offer the channel partner ecosystems of both ReliaQuest and Digital Shadows even more opportunity to drive value to their customers through effective partnerships focused on delivering meaningful outcomes in cybersecurity,” Murphy said.

The company’s new offerings will drive down response time and provide context around threats. They will also allow for an end-to-end view, all while decreasing the cost of visibility. Security operations teams can use automation with confidence to focus on the specific areas that matter the most.

Learn more about ReliaQuest’s GreyMatter, a cloud-native platform, here.