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

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](https://newsroom.ibm.com/Blog-IBM-Acquires-SiXworks-Limited-to-Strengthen-UK-Public-Sector-Expertise?ref=runtimewire); [third-party reports valued that acquisition at $150 million](https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/sixworks-limited/515951?ref=runtimewire). That is historical context for a separate transaction, not the undisclosed terms of IBM's Logiq deal.

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. The September 24th announcement casts the deal as an expansion of IBM Consulting's security and digital-sovereignty work in the UK. IBM did not disclose the purchase price.

For James Morgan, Logiq's CEO and one of its four founders, the acquisition puts a consultancy built around high-security government work inside a much larger consulting operation. Logiq says Morgan, James Walker, Rich Forder and Rob Guegan had worked together on government security projects for about a decade before founding the business in 2018. Their aim, according to Logiq's account of its beginnings, was to pair technical work in demanding environments with a people-first culture and dependable delivery.

The founder story helps explain what IBM is buying. Logiq's work spans cybersecurity assurance, Secure by Design, secure systems engineering, digital transformation and managed services. The National Cyber Security Centre lists Logiq as an assured consultancy, a designation tied to standards for cyber security consulting. Its customers include organisations in defence, government and critical national infrastructure, where suppliers need to operate within strict security and regulatory requirements.

A consultancy with a platform

IBM singled out DISX, Logiq's managed collaboration platform, as a core asset. It allows government suppliers to exchange sensitive information with UK government and defence organisations while retaining control over where and how that information is managed, according to IBM. Logiq's own description places the platform alongside consulting and secure systems work.

That mix gives IBM a route into programmes where security has to be designed into systems and working practices from the start. It also gives Logiq's specialist services a place within IBM's broader consulting and technology portfolio. IBM says Logiq's capabilities will complement SiXworks, the UK defence and public-sector consultancy IBM acquired in 2024. SiXworks focuses on secure digital solutions and transformation in high-security environments; the two operations give IBM adjacent capabilities in defence-sector delivery and cybersecurity assurance.

IBM's stated rationale includes helping UK clients maintain control over critical data and technology environments and adopt AI securely. That is a strategic claim, rather than a disclosed measure of deal impact. IBM gave no purchase price, revenue contribution or other financial terms, so the announcement does not show how much it paid or what scale of business it is adding.

A longer arc of growth

IBM's purchase follows an earlier ownership change and a recent acquisition by Logiq itself. Phoenix Equity Partners invested in Logiq in 2023, according to BDO's account of the transaction. In April 2026, Logiq acquired Savient, a technology and data specialist serving regulated environments. Logiq's 2023 Phoenix investment and April 2026 Savient acquisition predate IBM's announcement. Neither disclosure establishes the terms or ownership arrangements of the new deal.

The timing also follows Logiq's efforts to expand its delivery capacity. In its Savient announcement, the company said Logiq had more than 175 specialists. Logiq's careers page describes a workforce of more than 225 consultants and engineers. Those are company-reported figures from different materials and dates, so they should not be treated as a single consistent headcount measure.

Morgan described the IBM deal as a new chapter for Logiq, pointing to the combination of Logiq's defence and critical-infrastructure expertise with IBM's global scale, AI and hybrid-cloud capabilities. The practical test will be whether that reach helps Logiq serve more sensitive programmes while preserving the specialist delivery and customer relationships on which its business was built. For IBM, DISX and the consulting team extend a UK defence portfolio that already includes SiXworks. The announcement identifies the intended fit; it does not explain how IBM will bring the businesses together or how Logiq's platform will be positioned within IBM's wider offerings.