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Acronis International GmbH is a Swiss global technology company specializing in cybersecurity and data protection software. Headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, the company develops solutions for backup, disaster recovery, endpoint management, and cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs), small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT environments. In 2025, Swedish private equity firm EQT acquired a majority stake in Acronis.
Acronis products support platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, AWS, and Azure.
The company expanded through acquisitions, including GroupLogic in 2012, BackupAgent and nScaled in 2014. According to the company, Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation was the first personal backup software to include behavioral-based anti-ransomware protection through its “Acronis Active Protection” feature, along with blockchain-based file notarization via “Acronis Notary.”
Further acquisitions included 5nine Software in 2019, and DeviceLock and CyberLynx in 2020. That same year, Acronis launched its Cyber Protect platform, integrating backup and cybersecurity. The company supports integrations with platforms such as ConnectWise and Microsoft Azure.
In 2025, Acronis became majority-owned by EQT, a Swedish private equity firm headquartered in Stockholm. According to CEO Ezequiel Steiner, EQT's investment brings additional management "brain power" along with an enhanced understanding of the broader market, best practices, and benchmarking to Acronis. The acquisition is subject to federal regulatory approvals expected in 2025.
On September 15, 2025, the US Director of National Intelligence ordered the exclusion and removal of all Acronis products and services from the Intelligence Community. This order applies per FAR Subpart 4.23 only to intelligence community and sensitive compartmented information systems. The DNI order is based on a Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) recommendation. However, neither FASC nor the DNI have identified any vulnerabilities within Acronis products or processes. The order does not prevent Acronis or its partners serving any customers besides the US intelligence community.
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