Atos has reached an agreement to acquire Motiv ICT Security, the largest independent Managed Security Services (MSS) provider in the Netherlands. This acquisition will reinforce Atos’ position as the 3rd worldwide Managed Security Services provider and expand its capabilities in key areas such as threat detection and response. In addition, Motiv’s sovereign Security Operations Center (SOC), independently certified at the highest levels of maturity, will further bolster Atos’ extensive network of global SOCs, a pivotal component of the Atos Prescriptive Security approach.
Atos will benefit from Motiv’s 180+ highly skilled cybersecurity experts, together with the Motiv Academy, well known for its ability to fast-track new talent into SOC operational deployment. This acquisition will also bring additional local market knowledge and specialist security insight of significant value to Atos’ operations and customers.
Motiv’s customer base consists of more than 100 large and mid-tier customers in the public sector, law enforcement, financial services and healthcare sectors. Motiv, which is founded in 1998 and headquartered in IJsselstein, is a leader in MSS and Security Operation Center services in the Netherlands.
Orange Corporate Finance advices the shareholders in Motiv on this takeover. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in Q1 2021.