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Security awareness and human risk acquisitions and funding

49 acquisitions of security awareness training providers since 2020 and 89 funding rounds since 2022 on record. The most active buyers are MetaCompliance (3), NINJIO (2) and ThriveDX (2). See the security awareness training providers in the directory.

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DateDealAmountSource
October 2026EC-Council acquired Cyber Insurance AcademyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
October 2026Aikido Security acquired OutKeptPhishing simulations and security awareness trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2026Pistachio acquired Hugin.ioNorwegian cyber-risk management platform, intellectual property acquired for compliance productUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2026SEPPmail acquired CyberPilotProvides security awareness training and phishing simulation for employeesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
July 2026NINJIO acquired SafeStackDeveloper, security and application security training platform for secure codingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
July 2026CyberNut acquired Neptune NavigateDigital citizenship platform for student safety in K-12 school districtsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
June 2026Mthree acquired CAPSLOCKTrains adults for cyber careers and provides cybersecurity education to employersUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
April 2026Fortra acquired Zero-Point SecurityProvides cybersecurity training in red teaming and penetration testingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2026QuickStart acquired IronCircleTeaches cyber skills and staff preparedness through AIUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Each Report link goes to the announcement or story the source cites, and the via link to the round-up or newsletter issue. Amounts are in US dollars. The category is what the bought or funded company sells.