Customers will be able to see vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and close them with automated workflows.

After over a week of speculation, ServiceNow announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy cybersecurity heavyweight Armis in a $7.75 billion deal that will see the workflow giant incorporate a real-time security intelligence feed into its products.

The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026. ServiceNow said it will finance the transaction with a combination of cash and debt.

Once the deal is done, ServiceNow plans to join its CMDB (Configuration Management Database) – which maps all of an organization's IT assets – with Armis’ data discovery tools to let customers see vulnerabilities, prioritize their risks, and close holes with automated workflows. The two companies already have several integrations that connect Armis data and insights to ServiceNow, but expect the acquisition will deepen those links.

ServiceNow’s security revenue is currently around $1 billion a year. The company hopes buying Armis will triple that ...