Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to buy identity security start-up SGNL

(Sharecast News) - Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy identity security start-up SGNL. It said the deal will accelerate its leadership in Next-Gen Identity Security, enabling access for human, non-human (NHI), and AI identities to be continuously granted and revoked based on real-time risk.

"With SGNL, CrowdStrike will extend dynamic authorisation across SaaS and hyperscaler cloud access layers," it said. "The combination of dynamic privilege and access coupled with Falcon® platform intelligence sets a new standard for agentic identity security."

CrowdStrike noted that identity security is rapidly becoming one of cybersecurity's largest and fastest-growing segments. According to IDC, the identity security market is expected to grow to about $56bn in 2029 from $29bn in 2025.

George Kurtz, chief executive and founder of CrowdStrike, said: "AI agents operate with superhuman speed and access, making every agent a privileged identity that must be protected.

"With SGNL, CrowdStrike will deliver continuous, real-time access control that eliminates the known and unknown gaps from legacy standing privileges. We're disrupting the premise of modern privilege and access - for every identity, human or machine. This is identity security built for the AI era."