Cybersecurity Market Update: Fall 2024
As organizations grapple with increasing cyber risks, particularly from AI-driven attacks and sophisticated ransomware, the demand for advanced threat detection and response solutions is surging. Join us as Brian White breaks down key trends and predictions, including top IT budget priorities, the main drivers behind cybersecurity spending, the latest valuations and market expectations, and more. M&A activity has seen a significant recovery since 2023. Which providers are particularly acquisitive in which sectors, and how does this illustrate their broader strategies? Meanwhile, is the IPO market finally warming back up? Where are we now with the impact of GenAI? Together we’ll explore what’s happening and what’s ahead.
Speaker Bio
Brian White, Managing Director & Co-Head, Technology Investment Banking Group at Piper Sandler
Brian White joined Piper Sandler after its acquisition of DBO Partners in 2022. Brian focuses primarily on security, infrastructure and defense technology companies. He has over 25 years of experience in and around security and advised on over $40Bn of transactions in security alone.
Beyond his career as a banker, Brian has experience both as an operator and a senior government official. As an operator, he served as President & COO at RedOwl, a cybersecurity company acquired by Forcepoint in 2017. As an advisor, he was a partner of the Chertoff Group, where he led their advisory business and established the company’s West coast technology advisory and investment banking practice. Brian also served as a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, a professional staff member in both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a Director at Lockheed Martin.
Brian currently serves on the Leadership Council of Tipping Point and the Board of Northstar Teams Foundation. He holds a master’s degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University, where he was a Division 1 student athlete.