Penten and Amiosec have successfully completed their merger, rebranding as PentenAmio. The company sells secure mobile communications, as well as AI-enabled cyber defence and electronic deception technologies.
PentenAmio’s scalable encryption and deception solutions are trusted, sovereign-certified, and actively deployed in classified environments by more than 20 national security and defence organisations across the UK, Australia, and Canada. The company is also expanding its reach into NATO-aligned jurisdictions.
PentenAmio has approximately 300 security-cleared professionals, sovereign facilities in Australia and the UK, and a growing customer base across allied nations. This makes the new company one of the world’s largest and most advanced teams dedicated to secure classified mobile communications and AI-enabled defence for government and military organisations.
The merger represents a significant investment in the combined business by existing shareholders. PentenAmio is privately held, founder-influenced, and backed by Five V Capital, which remains a minority shareholder.
The company delivers deeply embedded, end-to-end proprietary digital security technology that safeguards the most sensitive information and enables active defence against sophisticated threats.
PentenAmio’s AltoCrypt mobility platform enables secure, sovereign mobile access to classified networks across multiple devices, while its AI-powered deception suite, including TrapRadio, provides realism and adversary confusion for defence operations and training.
The combined business will generate more than AUD125 million in annual revenue, with high growth rates and strong gross profit and EBITDA margins.
Matthew Wilson and Adrian Cunningham, who are among the founders of Penten and Amiosec, will serve as executive co-chairs of the merged business.
Sarah Bailey, previously CFO at Penten, has been appointed as CEO of PentenAmio Australia, and Matt Thomas has been appointed as CEO of PentenAmio UK, joining the team from NCC Group. Both appointments are effective immediately.
Greg Barsby, the previous CEO of Penten, has decided that the timing is right for him to step down to coincide with the completion of the merger.
“This is a strategic union of two high-performing businesses with shared values and complementary technologies,” said Sarah Bailey.
“Rising geopolitical tension and increasing digital threats demand transformative technology responses,” said Co-Chair Matthew Wilson. “PentenAmio is purpose-built to meet this demand leveraging scalable, sovereign deep tech solutions.”
As defence investment rises across Europe, the Indo-Pacific and beyond, governments are seeking local partners who can deliver trusted, certified and rapidly deployable capabilities.
Recent incidents highlighting the risks of consumer messaging apps in government settings have underscored the urgent need for sovereign, secure-by-design platforms.
PentenAmio is well-positioned to meet these needs across the UK and Australian ecosystems, and increasingly, in broader Allied and NATO contexts.
PentenAmio will actively evaluate opportunities for strategic partnerships and market entry across NATO and other Five Eyes-aligned countries.
