apexanalytix Acquires Darkbeam to Create Industry-First Suite of Supplier Risk Management Offerings
Summary
The acquisition of Darkbeam will provide enhanced capabilities to clients, including the ability to sense and reduce risk to their critical operations caused by cyberattacks on the suppliers in the supply chain. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and prevalent in todays digital landscape, with research showing an increase of 38% in cyberattacks in 2022, compared to 2021. apexanalytix is a chosen partner by the world’s largest, most successful organizations, like Starbucks and Toyota to safeguard their operations and maintain the trust of their stakeholders. We are thrilled to bring a highly differentiated, automated and world-class risk management function to market via the apexportal.” Cyber threats are ever-increasing, and have potentially devastating consequences for vulnerable organizations. “When you ask business leaders about their top priorities today, they will inevitably bring up cybersecurity, supply chain and operational efficiency,” said Webster Chua, Partner at KKR. Today, apex serves over 250 Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 companies, protecting more than $9 trillion of annual spend across the world’s most complex supply chains.