In November 2024, Silverfort, a leader in digital identity security, announced its acquisition of Rezonate, a startup specializing in cloud identity protection. The main goal of this move is to create the market’s first comprehensive platform protecting both human and machine identities. This integrated solution will be available by mid-2025, ensuring consistent security across local systems, cloud environments, and SaaS applications.
Why is this acquisition important?
Silverfort has been steadily strengthening its market position—adding over 100 new customers each quarter and achieving an annual revenue growth rate exceeding 100%. After recently raising $116 million in a Series D funding round, the acquisition of Rezonate marks the next strategic step. The goal is to build a unified and effective ecosystem securing all areas related to digital identity.
Until now, most companies have relied on multiple separate tools, resulting in fragmented protection. Silverfort aims to change this by offering a platform that can be deployed quickly—even within a few days—without complicated integrations.
Identity as the primary target for cyberattacks
Experts unanimously confirm that identities have become the primary target for cybercriminals. Studies show that up to 80% of modern attacks involve stolen or misused login credentials. Attackers increasingly prefer logging in rather than using technical methods to break into systems. This makes effective identity protection a crucial part of every cybersecurity strategy today.
Significantly, the importance of machine identities (such as service accounts, applications, AI, or IoT) is rapidly growing. They already outnumber human accounts by about 45:1, and forecasts suggest this ratio could rise to 100:1 in the coming years. Managing this area is now one of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity.
What do today’s threats look like?
Attacks usually start with the compromise of logins, passwords, tokens, or API keys. According to CrowdStrike’s 2025 report, attackers only need an average of 51 seconds to move from initial compromise to controlling additional systems. Phishing and social engineering methods remain dominant. Privileged accounts (PAM) are particularly vulnerable.
The rising number of machine identities further expands the attack surface. Gartner recommends creating dedicated management programs for these accounts to effectively protect critical organizational resources.
Silverfort—breaking security silos
The integration of Silverfort and Rezonate aims to eliminate the existing division within the security market. The new platform will provide complete visibility and control over all identities—whether they belong to users, services, or devices. Additionally, it will secure even the most challenging infrastructure components, such as legacy systems and command-line interfaces.
With automation and rapid deployment capabilities, companies will manage security more efficiently and cost-effectively, avoiding the time-consuming integration of multiple tools.
Cybersecurity market undergoing intense consolidation
Today, cybersecurity is experiencing significant consolidation—with 28 new mergers and acquisitions reported in February 2025 alone. Organizations are increasingly favoring integrated platforms that provide comprehensive protection.
Expert recommendations and best practices
Experts emphasize the critical importance of adopting the Zero Trust model, which involves continuously verifying access. It’s essential to implement identity threat detection systems (ITDR), strengthen privileged account management (PAM), and effectively manage machine identities and APIs.
Strong authentication methods resistant to phishing (such as FIDO2 or hardware keys) are also gaining importance, alongside eliminating traditional passwords in favor of passwordless solutions.
What’s next?
Silverfort’s acquisition of Rezonate clearly indicates that cybersecurity is entering an era of integrated identity protection platforms. Organizations must unify their security strategies to defend effectively against increasingly sophisticated threats.
Comprehensive, unified solutions will not only enhance security but also simplify compliance management, auditing, and improve overall operational efficiency. An identity-first approach will become a crucial part of cybersecurity strategies in the coming years, providing effective protection in an ever-changing digital threat landscape.