SAFE acquires Balbix to launch unified AI cyber risk platform
California-based cyber risk management firm SAFE has acquired Balbix, a leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The move will create a new AI-driven platform designed to provide enterprises with a unified, real-time view of cyber risk and its direct business impact.
Unified risk platform
The new platform looks to bridge gaps between security operations and cyber risk management, bringing together processes that have traditionally run in parallel but disconnected. The integration will link day-to-day vulnerabilities and exposures to high-level business risks, enabling companies to continuously monitor, prioritise, and address risks based on their potential impact on core business objectives.
SAFE and Balbix intend for the combined offering to serve as a single authoritative source for cyber risk, supporting remediation efforts, reporting, and resource allocation in real time. The platform brings together SAFE's autonomous cyber risk quantification capabilities and Balbix's AI-native exposure discovery and assessment tools, delivered via the SAFE X Mobile App.
Balbix automates exposure discovery, assesses exploitability, and provides context through deep data validation. SAFE uses specialised AI agents to drive decision-making related to traditional cyber risk, third-party risk, and emerging risks linked to artificial intelligence.
"Together, we can tie every exposure to business impact and drive immediate, decisive action. This isn't incremental - we're delivering the unified cyber risk platform the industry has been waiting for," said Gaurav Banga, Founder and CEO, Balbix.
With this acquisition, SAFE and Balbix are aiming to support a new operating model for chief information security officers (CISOs). The unified view offered by the combined platform is positioned as a tool for transforming cybersecurity from reactive defence to a business-aligned risk management practice.
"This is a gamechanger for the cybersecurity industry," said Saket Modi, Co-Founder and CEO, SAFE. "Our goal from day one has been clear: build CyberAGI - the definitive system of intelligence and action for the modern CISO. We started with risk; Balbix started with exposure. Two companies chasing the same summit from opposite sides. This acquisition brings those missions together and propels us into the future of security operations and cyber risk management, in one unified Agentic-AI platform."
The deal comes at a time when many enterprises are under pressure to account for cybersecurity spending with clear business returns, particularly as digitalisation and remote work increase exposure to threats across wider attack surfaces.
SAFE reports rapid growth among its customer base, which includes major global companies in sectors such as finance, energy, and technology. The inclusion of Balbix's tools is expected to build on that trend, offering additional automation and data integration capabilities.
"By unifying AI-powered exposure management and risk quantification, SAFE and Balbix are closing the feedback loop between technical defense and business decision-making. It's the architecture that every modern CISO will eventually need - continuous, unified, and autonomous," said Edward Amoroso, CEO of TAG Infosphere and former CISO of AT&T.
