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Cybersecurity players line up more M&A deals

Consolidation is the name of the game right now due in part to the global skills shortage

Helmut Reisinger, European chief of cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks

The cybersecurity sector is seeing a great deal of consolidation that could alter the landscape of the industry.

That’s according to Helmut Reisinger, the European chief of cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.

“There are acquisitions happening left and right,” he said.

“There is a change in the industry now because [for] a lot of these smaller companies the financing has become a lot more difficult than it was five years ago. Venture capitalists are also ...