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French Services Firm Capgemini To Acquire Leidos’ Commercial Cyber Business

By Cal Biesecker

Saturday, June 9th, 2018

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France’s Capgemini on June 7 said it has agreed to acquire the commercial cyber security services business from Leidos [LDOS], which will continue to provide cyber solutions to its government customers.Terms of the deal, which is expected to close later in 2018, were not disclosed. Capgemini, which provides professional and consulting services, said the pending acquisition will complement its existing cyber security work and help it meet growing demand across North America for these capabilities.Most of the Leidos commercial cyber security business was acquired…

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