CrowdStrike to Acquire Onum for $290 Million to Strengthen Falcon Next-Gen SIEM Capabilities
Global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike announced its intention to acquire Onum, a pioneer in real-time telemetry pipeline management, in a deal reportedly valued at $290 million. The acquisition, unveiled on Wednesday, aims to significantly enhance CrowdStrike’s Falcon Next-Gen SIEM platform, transforming it into a more powerful data foundation for modern, AI-driven security operations. The integration of Onum’s technology is set to address a critical challenge in security operations: managing and processing vast amounts of data efficiently. Onum’s platform functions as both a high-speed data pipeline and an intelligent filter, streaming refined, high-quality data directly into the Falcon platform. George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike, stated, “Our Next-Gen SIEM is the engine that powers the modern SOC, and data is the fuel that makes the engine run.”
Onum’s proprietary in-memory architecture offers significant performance advantages, claiming to deliver up to five times more events per second than its nearest competitor. By enabling “in-pipeline analysis,” Onum allows for AI-powered detections to occur at the data source, even before the data enters the Falcon platform. This innovative approach promises up to 70 per cent faster incident response times with 40 per cent less ingestion overhead. Additionally, its smart filtering capabilities can reduce data storage costs by as much as 50 per cent. The acquisition is designed to eliminate historical bottlenecks in migrating data into a new SIEM, making data streaming and in-pipeline detection a native function within the Falcon platform. Pedro Castillo, founder and CEO of Onum, expressed that by joining CrowdStrike, they can deliver their vision of transforming data into real-time intelligence at unprecedented scale.
Categories: Cybersecurity Acquisition, Data Management Technology, AI-Driven Security Solutions
Tags: CrowdStrike, Onum, Acquisition, Telemetry, SIEM, Data Pipeline, Cybersecurity, AI-driven, Incident Response, SOC Transformation