Infosys Strengthens Cyber Shield with Acquisition of The Missing Link

Infosys buys Australian security firm The Missing Link

At a glance

• Infosys acquires The Missing Link. The Australian firm adds more than 200 cybersecurity professionals to Infosys.
• Deal terms: up to AUD 98 million in cash, announced April 17, 2025 and completed May 2, 2025.
• Integration with The Missing Link brings red and blue team services and a security operations center.
• Emphasis on securing global enterprises, starting with a bigger presence in Australia.
• Acquisition aligns with Infosys’ global strategy of buying specialist firms to grow its services.

What Infosys bought

Infosys, the Indian IT services giant, announced on April 17, 2025 that it would buy The Missing Link, an Australian cybersecurity services provider, in an all-cash deal worth up to AUD 98 million. The deal closed on May 2. It gives Infosys a larger security team in Australia and new services to sell to existing clients.

What The Missing Link brings

The Missing Link offers security monitoring, threat assessment and incident response, along with cloud services. Its more than 200 security professionals include red team (offensive testing) and blue team (defense) specialists, and it runs a security operations center. Infosys gets all of that at once instead of building it.

Infosys said the deal would help it address the growing security needs of its clients, including those running critical infrastructure.

What clients can expect

For Infosys clients, the deal means more security services from the same supplier. That’s the point. Infosys wants to sell protection against breaches alongside the digital transformation work it already does, and clients will be watching how smoothly the two teams combine.

Infosys framed the purchase as part of its plan to offer clients secure digital transformation, combining its own scale with The Missing Link’s specialist skills.

Why Australia, and why now

The acquisition fits Infosys’ strategy of buying specialist firms to grow its digital services. With The Missing Link’s experience, Infosys can scale its security portfolio in a crowded global market.

The combined business is expected to target industries where security is critical, such as health care and financial services.

What to watch

The Missing Link gives Infosys a ready-made security team in a market where skilled staff are hard to hire.

The real test is integration. If Infosys keeps The Missing Link’s people and grows its Australian client base, expect more deals like this one.

Fred Templeton, CISA, CASP, SEC+

Fred Templeton is a practicing Information Systems Auditor in the Washington DC area. Fred works as a government contractor and uses his skills in cyber security to make our country's information systems safer from cyber threats. Fred holds a master's degree in cybersecurity and is currently working on his PHD in Information Systems.