IBM buys Logiq to add UK defence expertise and its DISX platform

Logiq co-founder and CEO James Morgan built the Bristol consultancy with three colleagues after a decade on government security projects. IBM highlighted the company’s defence cybersecurity expertise and DISX, its managed platform for secure information exchange.

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Primary source: IBM Newsroom

Why it matters

IBM is adding a specialist UK defence consultancy and a managed platform for sensitive information exchange alongside SiXworks. In its July 2024 SiXworks deal, IBM said the company would join IBM Consulting's public-sector industry team; third-party reports valued that acquisition at $150 million. That is historical context for a separate transaction, not the undisclosed terms of IBM's Logiq deal.

A small team of cybersecurity experts collaborate intently in a modern, secure office environment, with screens displaying abstract data.

IBM said it acquired UK cybersecurity consultancy Logiq Consulting, co-founded by CEO James Morgan and three colleagues, adding a specialist defence and public-sector team and DISX, its managed platform for secure information exchange.…

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