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accession: "0001660280-21-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TENB"
cik: "0001660280"
company_name: "Tenable Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T23:27:23.958880+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tenable completes $160M cash acquisition of Accurics for cloud-native security

## Summary
- Acquisition closed on October 1, 2021; announced on October 4, 2021.
- Purchase price approximately $160 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.
- Accurics is a pioneer in cloud-native security for DevOps and security teams.
- Deal aims to deliver integrated lifecycle risk management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Tenable expects to address cloud deployment security gaps with combined platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001660280-21-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TENB
- cik: 0001660280
- company_name: Tenable Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660280/000166028021000156/0001660280-21-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660280/000166028021000156/tenb-20211001.htm

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