Epiq buys breach-response firm Canopy to bolster AI cyber tools
What's the deal? EpiqDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a legal technology and services company, has acquired CanopyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a data breach response technology firm, for an undisclosed sum. The deal folds Canopy's platform into Epiq's cyber solutions, aiming to help organizations respond to incidents faster.
What each brings: Canopy's patented platform assesses exposed data, detects sensitive information, and identifies affected individuals. Its Auto Review feature uses agentic AI to automate first-level data mining. Epiq supports more than 1,800 cyber incidents annually and works with over 87% of breach counsel and more than 70% of cyber insurers.
Why now? Canopy has long been an Epiq partner. "Canopy has been a longstanding partner to Epiq in helping organizations respond to cyber incidents," said Scott Berger, senior vice president of managed services and cyber solutions.
What changes? The Canopy platform will be integrated into Epiq AI, the company's agentic AI suite, and made accessible through the Epiq Service Cloud. Canopy's engineers and cyber specialists join Epiq to build Epiq AI for Cyber.
The hire: Adi Elliott, formerly Canopy's chief operating officer, joins Epiq as vice president of product management, cyber. He brings experience across legal technology, cyber incident response, and data-driven operations. "With Epiq, we gain global resources and scale to build on the foundation that made Canopy successful," Elliott said.
The signal: The deal reflects consolidation in cyber incident response, where scale and AI increasingly decide who can process breach data quickly. Epiq, present in 17 countries with 4,000 staff, is betting that owning Canopy's technology deepens its grip on a market it already dominates through law firms and insurers.
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