CEO · Founder, CyberCX
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Boss (former) | Optus Business | Startup Daily |
| CEO · Founder | CyberCX | Startup Daily (18 Aug 2025), The Mandarin, ARN (ARNnet) (15 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (30 Aug 2022), ARN (ARNnet) (28 Jun 2022) |
| Technology Portfolio Chief Executive | BGH Capital | ARN (ARNnet) |
Stories naming John Paitaridis. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Accenture plans to buy Melbourne cybersecurity firm CyberCX, a transaction reported at over a billion dollars that still needs foreign investment approval. CyberCX was co-founded by John Paitaridis and Alastair MacGibbon.
Accenture is buying CyberCX, a Melbourne-founded cyber security services provider with some 1400 staff, in its biggest such deal yet; the price is reported at more than $1 billion, pending regulatory approvals.
Also The Mandarin
Sydney device-security software firm Devicie has raised a $14 million Series A led by Insight Partners with CyberCX, after an earlier seed round, to fund overseas growth and team expansion.
Also Startup Daily
CyberCX has invested an undisclosed sum in Adelaide-founded whitelisting vendor Airlock Digital to support its push into the US and Europe. The piece also recalls CyberCX's earlier acquisitions of Tracer Cloud, Consegna Cloud and Xello Australia.