Infosys Strengthens Global Cyber Defenses by Acquiring The Missing Link

Deal at a glance

• Infosys has completed its purchase of Australian security services firm The Missing Link for A$98 million in cash.
• The deal adds red and blue teams plus a Global Security Operations Centre to Infosys’ network of cyber defense centers.
• Infosys announced the agreement on April 17, 2025, and closed it on May 2.
• The Missing Link, founded in 1997 and based in Sydney, has more than 200 staff.
• It will be paired with Infosys Cobalt, the company’s cloud services brand.

Infosys has bought its way into a bigger security practice in Australia. The Indian IT services company said on May 2, 2025, that it had completed the acquisition of The Missing Link, two weeks after announcing the deal. Clients increasingly want one provider for cloud and security work, and IT services firms are buying specialists to keep up.

What Infosys bought

Infosys paid A$98 million (about ₹532 crore) in an all-cash deal made through its subsidiary Infosys Singapore Pte Ltd. The Missing Link was set up in 1997 by CEO Alex Gambotto. It works in cybersecurity as well as cloud and automation, with offices in Sydney and Melbourne plus a branch in the UK.

The firm sells strategic advice and both offensive and defensive security testing. It also does risk and compliance work and runs managed services. Infosys said it brings its own tools too.

What changes for clients

Red team, blue team, SOC

The Missing Link’s security operations centre joins Infosys’ global cyber defense centers. Its red team runs attack simulations. Its blue team handles detection and response. Infosys said combining these teams with Infosys Cobalt lets it sell end-to-end security alongside cloud projects.

Why Infosys made the deal

Large clients now buy cloud migration and security together. Infosys competes with Accenture and TCS, among others, for that work, and buying an established local team is a lot faster than hiring one person at a time. Infosys chief delivery officer Satish HC said the combination of Infosys Cobalt’s cloud work with The Missing Link’s security expertise would let the company sell end-to-end security.

A bigger footprint in Australia

Infosys called Australia a fast-growing market and said the deal strengthens its security and cloud work across Australia and Asia. That gives it a stronger Asia-Pacific base. The Missing Link’s existing clients come with it. Its staff know the local rules.

What The Missing Link adds

For Infosys, the deal adds penetration testing and incident response. It also adds managed security run by a team that clients already know. The Missing Link will keep operating under its own name for now.

An earlier version of this article cited unnamed industry analysts. We could not find those comments and have removed the reference.

What to watch

The deal is small next to Infosys’ total revenue. Its value lies in people and client relationships, and in whether Infosys can keep The Missing Link’s staff and grow the practice beyond Australia.

Frank Jones, CISSP

Frank Jones has loved computers from the age of 13. Frank got his hacking career started when he downloaded a war dialing program that he used to detect dial up modems in his hometown of Chicago. Frank Jones now works as a JAVA coder and cyber security researcher.