ServiceNow agreed to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in what Reuters describes as its biggest-ever deal, betting that AI adoption is expanding the attack surface faster than legacy security tools can keep up.

Armis’ strength device visibility, scanning, and threat detection across sprawling enterprise environments fits a world where “everything is an endpoint,” from laptops to IoT to operational tech.

The rationale is clear: as employees and apps increasingly plug AI into workflows, security teams need unified governance, automated triage, and real-time asset intelligence that can keep pace with machine-speed threats.