CrowdStrike has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SGNL in a move aimed at expanding its next-generation identity security capabilities. The transaction will allow CrowdStrike to extend real-time, risk-based access decisions across human users, non-human identities (NHIs), and AI-driven agents operating in SaaS platforms and hyperscaler cloud environments.
The acquisition addresses growing security gaps created by static access policies and long-lived privileges, which struggle to adapt as AI agents and automated workloads gain high-level access across distributed systems. Market momentum reflects this shift, with IDC projecting the identity security sector to grow from about $29 billion in 2025 to $56 billion by 2029.
George Kurtz, CrowdStrike’s CEO and Founder, said, “AI agents operate with superhuman speed and access, making every agent a privileged identity that must be protected.” He added that the integration of SGNL will enable continuous authorization that removes outdated standing privileges. SGNL’s technology acts as an enforcement layer between identity providers and cloud or SaaS resources, using signals from the Falcon platform to grant or revoke access as conditions change. SGNL CEO Scott Kriz stated, “Joining CrowdStrike provides us with global scale natively through cybersecurity’s leading platform to transform enterprise security with Continuous Identity.”