CyberFOX today said it has acquired Tampa cloud security firm Timus Networks, pulling the startup's cloud native SASE and zero trust remote access tools into its product lineup. The deal comes on the heels of a nine figure growth investment CyberFOX secured earlier this year and is the company's first public acquisition since that round. Company executives say the purchase is aimed at giving managed service providers a more consolidated, easier to deploy security stack.
In a press release carried by GlobeNewswire, CyberFOX CEO David Bellini said, "Timus has built exactly the platform we would have built ourselves," adding that bringing Timus into CyberFOX gives customers immediate access to SASE and ZTNA capabilities. The release also highlighted always on connectivity, adaptive policy enforcement and audit ready analytics as key additions to the CyberFOX toolkit.
What Timus Brings
Timus pitches its Timus SASE platform as a 100 percent cloud native Secure Access Service Edge that replaces legacy VPNs with identity first Zero Trust Network Access and a secure web gateway, according to Timus Networks. The company emphasizes fast deployments and partner focused controls built for MSPs.
Funding Fueled The Move
CyberFOX secured a nine figure growth investment earlier this year led by Level Equity, with participation from Radian Capital and the company's founders, money the firm said would be used to accelerate product development and pursue strategic acquisitions, according to a CyberFOX release. Executives said the funding would let the company invest in AI, international expansion and M&A.
What It Means For MSPs
Industry watchers view the deal as part of a broader push toward vendor consolidation among MSPs, which are looking for fewer, better integrated tools. CyberFOX's Bellini told CRN the company is "trying to build that Palo Alto Networks for the MSP and SMB market," and CRN noted that financial terms for the Timus transaction were not disclosed.
CyberFOX said Timus will keep operating under the Timus brand in the near term and that existing partners and customers should see no disruption while the two sides integrate products and partner programs, according to the press release on GlobeNewswire. The acquisition signals CyberFOX's wider effort to bundle identity, privileged access and network protections into a single MSP friendly platform.
