Option3’s ENIGMA platform acquires Onclave Networks, a leading provider of zero-trust security solutions. The acquisition strengthens ENIGMA’s position in the rapidly growing Zero-Trust market.
Option3, a cybersecurity private equity specialist with a heritage in national security, announced today the acquisition of Onclave Networks by ENIGMA. ENIGMA’s cybersecurity platform focuses exclusively on Zero Trust, a new paradigm in security rapidly gaining prominence as traditional tools become increasingly ineffective.
Onclave leverages Zero Trust principles and proven methods the U.S. Department of Defense uses to dramatically reduce security breaches, decreasing attack surfaces, network complexity, and operational costs. In acquiring Onclave, ENIGMA can secure devices, services, and people across diverse environments.
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“With this acquisition, Onclave becomes the foundation for the ENIGMA Zero Trust platform, with technology that is now also being adopted by customers such as the Defense Health Agency, White House Communications Agency, and NATO,” said Manish Thakur, Option3’s Managing Partner. “In an industry with many competing claims, Onclave stands out, having recently received the first ever ‘Authority to Operate’ awarded by a federal agency for its compliance with Zero Trust.”
“We are extremely excited to be a foundational part of the ENIGMA platform,” said Jim Taylor, CEO of Onclave Networks. “With Onclave’s technology, ENIGMA will address some of the biggest challenges facing Zero Trust, particularly extending it to older cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, Operational Technology, and other industrial control systems.”
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Zero Trust has gained rapid prominence recently, particularly with President Biden’s 2021 mandate requiring all federal agencies to adopt it. However, implementing Zero Trust has proved challenging. ENIGMA addresses many of these challenges, offering a growing array of purpose-built Zero Trust capabilities tested at scale by some of the world’s most demanding users, with major deployments now planned in the U.S. hospital system and global auto sector.
