This week Simon and David focus on a new raft of pending acquisitions. They discuss the impact of SecureAuth and Cloudentity joining forces as well as news that Entrust are in talks to buy OnFido. They also cover the announcement that Cisco has launched a new Identity Intelligence offering hot on the back of acquiring ITDR vendor Oort in 2023. They finish up by taking a look at an emerging technology trends report released by Mastercard. Is Data security the next big IAM integration story?