Leonardo has strengthened its cyber security portfolio by acquiring Swedish firm Axiomatics, the Italian company announced on 9 July 2025.
“The operation adds a key component in completing the company’s offering in the field of ‘Zero Trust’: a model of cyber security in which trust is never implicit, and every single system, network and data access must be constantly verified and protected,” Leonardo noted in a press release. This approach, adopted by Leonardo’s Global Cybersecurity Centre Platform, permits a complete view of the entire digital environment (referred to as cyber observability), proactively anticipating increasingly evolved and pervasive threats.
The acquisition completes the third industrial partnership and mergers-and-acquisitions operation in cyber security carried out by Leonardo in only a few months, in line with the company’s industrial plan aimed at strengthening its international role.
Acquiring Axiomatics is one of a series of strategic initiatives launched by Leonardo in the Nordic cyber security sector; a partnership agreement with Danish company Arbit concerning security and fast data transfer solutions in multi-domain operations, the more recent signing of the agreement for the acquisition of a 24.55% share in the Finnish SSH Communications Security Corporation, and the purchase of a share in the Swedish start-up CanaryBit, specialising in confidential computing and AI security, have all consolidated Leonardo’s Zero Trust and Data Centric Security international portfolio.
Founded in 2006 with headquarters in Stockholm, Axiomatics — which also has a presence in North America – is the only European player to offer a platform enabling Zero Trust architecture for authorisation management and data security with dynamic access control based on the attribute-based access control (ABAC) model. This solution offers fine-grained and dynamic control when managing access to protected systems, in line with the requirements of mission-critical entities such as defence, government agencies and infrastructure. Leonardo’s acquisition of the company and integration with the company’s cyber security services and sales network will allow it to seize opportunities in this growing market.
Finalisation of the acquisition transaction of a 100% share in Axiomatics is subject to confirmation in accordance with several authorities, including Swedish authorities in relation to direct investment by foreign entities in companies operating in the defence sector.
