Cybersecurity is more than just software, says George Kurtz, CEO and cofounder of CrowdStrike.

“What we do at CrowdStrike is as old as time,” he told Fortune . “It’s good versus evil. It’s a human nature story embodied in technology.”

It’s a battle that’s more urgent and complex than ever, as the rise of AI has ballooned the number of cyber threats and cyber criminals. This makes M&A—a longstanding feature of the cybersecurity sector—more high-stakes than ever. To be sure, some of the biggest deals of 2025 have been in cyber, from Palo Alto Networks’ $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk to Google’s proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz .

CrowdStrike, which went public in 2019, is also a longtime acquirer, and today announced its acquisition of data observability startup Onum fo

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