Atos to acquire leading cybersecurity services company Motiv
IJsselstein, the Netherlands and Paris, France – December 16, 2020
Atos now announces it has achieved an arrangement to get Motiv ICT Safety, the major unbiased Managed Safety Solutions (MSS) provider in the Netherlands. This acquisition will enhance Atos’ situation as the threerd around the globe Managed Safety Solutions provider[one] and increase its abilities in key regions this sort of as menace detection and reaction. In addition, Motiv’s sovereign Safety Functions Heart (SOC), independently certified at the highest ranges of maturity, will further more bolster Atos’ considerable network of world wide SOCs, a pivotal element of the Atos Prescriptive Safety solution.
Atos will reward from Motiv’s 180+ really proficient cybersecurity authorities, jointly with the Motiv Academy, effectively recognised for its potential to quick-keep track of new talent into SOC operational deployment. This acquisition will also carry more area industry awareness and expert protection insight of sizeable benefit to Atos’ operations and buyers.
Atos’ considerable abilities in digital transformation will reward Motiv’s purchaser base of additional than a hundred significant and mid-tier buyers in the general public sector, regulation enforcement, money expert services and healthcare sectors, when opening new options for Motiv to boost its footprint further more throughout the Netherlands and Northern Europe. Motiv will also reward from Atos’ recent financial commitment in the Managed Detection and Reaction (MDR) system, AIsaac, bringing point out-of-the-art technological innovation to Dutch buyers.
Established in 1998 and headquartered in IJsselstein, Motiv is a leader in MSS and Safety Procedure Heart expert services in the Netherlands.
“Motiv supports Atos’ digital protection vision for a converged enterprise-pushed protection paradigm, enabled by sovereign capability and purchaser intimacy, and produced achievable via its end-to-end protection expert services. This strategic acquisition further more confirms Atos’ leadership in the European cybersecurity industry. Motiv’s keep track of report in expansion, area experience and reputation in the industry will fortify Atos’ teams in Northern Europe providing a wonderful prospect to mature the digital protection enterprise.” says Pierre Barnabé, Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Large Information & Cybersecurity at Atos. “This complements the newest in a collection of strategic acquisitions to fortify our area capability in turning out to be the key trusted cybersecurity associate for world wide businesses on their digital journeys.”
“By becoming a member of forces with Atos, we speed up on our mission to assist the safe digital transformation of our buyers, unlocking the full potential of Atos’ world wide cyber protection assistance and abilities to our customers”, says Aksel Dorèl, CEO of Motiv. “We are fired up with this critical up coming stage for Motiv, our staff and our customers”.
The closing of the transaction is predicted to take location in Q1 2021 and is subject to customary anti-have faith in filings.
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About Atos
Atos is a world wide leader in digital transformation with a hundred and ten,000 staff and yearly revenue of € twelve billion. European number just one in cybersecurity, cloud and significant effectiveness computing, the group delivers tailored end-to-end answers for all industries in seventy three nations. A pioneer in decarbonization expert services and goods, Atos is committed to a safe and decarbonized digital for its consumers. Atos operates underneath the brand names Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), shown on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
The intent of Atos is to assistance design the future of the info area. Its experience and expert services assist the advancement of awareness, schooling and research in a multicultural solution and lead to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence. Across the earth, the group allows its buyers and staff, and associates of societies at significant to dwell, do the job and build sustainably, in a safe and sound and safe info area.
About Motiv ICT Safety
Motiv is a leading Dutch cyber protection assistance provider with above 22 yrs of working experience. Motiv delivers businesses in both equally the general public and personal sectors with cyber protection answers and expert services to avert cybercrime, data theft and data leaks. Motiv’s seasoned protection gurus cautiously determine protection hazards and present innovative answers that assure ideal safe enterprise processes and purposes. The Motiv Safety Functions Heart (SOC) has been recognized as a world wide leader in unbiased external assessments based mostly on the Safety Functions Maturity Model (SOMM).
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[one]Gartner Market Share: IT Solutions, Around the world, 2019, thirteen April 2020