IonQ announced Monday that it will acquire Elisity, a zero-trust network security firm, in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion that folds enterprise access control into the quantum computing company’s expanding cybersecurity business. Elisity, founded in 2019, sells a software policy layer that governs which users, devices, workloads and AI agents can communicate across a network, independent of the underlying network technology.
IonQ to buy zero-trust security firm Elisity in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion
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