LevelBlue Buys Aon Cyber Unit for Global IR, Litigation Help

300-Person Acquisition Expands Managed Services, Adds Legal and Forensics Expertise Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • June 12, 2025

LevelBlue plans to purchase a consulting business to expand the company's incident response and digital forensics capabilities and enter new international markets.

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The Dallas-based managed security services firm said its proposed acquisition of London-based Aon's cybersecurity and IP litigation consulting groups will he;p LevelBlue combine cybersecurity and legal skills to create differentiated offerings for red teaming, digital forensics and IP litigation, said chairman and CEO Bob McCullen. He said the acquisition will drive more collaboration with law firms.

"I previously ran a business called Trustwave, and we built a similar practice to the Aon cyber business," McCullen said. "And so I'm very familiar with incident response, and then leading into other managed services ...