JR Weekly Cyber Watch: FortiBleed, PE Pressure, and the Identity Platform Race

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JR Weekly Cyber Watch: FortiBleed, PE Pressure, and the Identity Platform Race

Security & Infrastructure Software

EQUITY RESEARCH Industry Report

June 28, 2026

JR Weekly Cyber Watch: FortiBleed, PE Pressure, and

Companies mentioned

Ticker Price Rating Target the Identity Platform Race

ALLT $7.81 Overweight $15.00

BBAI $3.48 Neutral $5.00 Weekly Cyber Watch:

CHKP $130.05 Neutral $150.00

Varonis Acquisition Rumors. Bloomberg reported this week that Varonis CRWD $701.09 Overweight $725.00

(VRNS, OW) is exploring a potential sale following inbound interest FROG $87.58 Overweight $80.00

FTNT $151.35 Neutral $110.00 from private equity firms including Thoma Bravo, Blackstone, and Vista

GTLB $29.07 Neutral $35.00 Equity Partners. The report comes as Varonis has largely completed

OKTA $124.28 Overweight $125.00 its SaaS transition. While no formal sale process has been announced

PANW $304.20 Overweight $340.00 and management declined to comment, the speculation highlights the

RBRK $72.33 Overweight $95.00 valuation disconnect between public and private data security assets,

S $15.91 Overweight $24.00 with Varonis carrying a ~$4.3B market capitalization versus private peer

SAIL $13.18 Overweight $23.00 Cyera's recent $12B valuation on a much more attractive ARR multiple. We

SSTI $8.19 Neutral $10.00 also note Varonis repurchased 5.4M shares in Q1, retiring ~5% of shares

TENB $30.22 Overweight $30.00 outstanding and signaling management's confidence in the intrinsic value

VRNS $40.30 Overweight $35.00 of the business at current levels.

ZS $132.26 Overweight $225.00

FortiBleed. A Russian attributed campaign, dubbed FortiBleed, reportedly

Research Analysts: compromised >85,000 internet facing FortiGate firewalls and VPNs,