ServiceNow to expand security portfolio with acquisition of Veza’s AI-native identity security platform

ServiceNow announced its intent to acquire Veza. The acquisition will extend the capabilities of ServiceNow’s Security and Risk portfolios into one of cybersecurity’s most important areas that is at the forefront of every breach today – Identity Security. This will enable organisations to understand and control who and what has access to their critical data, applications, systems, and AI artifacts. As businesses take advantage of autonomous capabilities made possible through agentic AI, Veza and ServiceNow will enable end-to-end identity security rooted in the principle of least privilege that significantly reduces enterprise risk.

Modern enterprises must manage a diverse array of identities, including employees, partners, systems, applications, devices, and increasingly, autonomous AI agents. As threat actors adopt agentic AI to orchestrate ever more sophisticated attacks, enterprises need strong identity and access controls and governance to ensure permissions remain tightly aligned with evolving roles, regulatory requirements, and advancing technologies. Veza’s ...