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ISMG Unites Intelligence, Community, Live Events and Now Certification Into One Education Ecosystem Spanning Networking, Cybersecurity, Identity, AI and OT Security — Serving Engineers, Practitioners, Security Leaders and Boards Alike
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Princeton, NJ, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ISMG, the leading intelligence and education firm dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity and information technology, today announced the acquisition of INE, the premier provider of hands-on networking and cybersecurity training and certification, trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises and practitioners in more than 190 countries.
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Coming weeks after ISMG’s 20th anniversary, the acquisition is the company’s most ambitious commitment in two decades: to raise readiness across the full breadth of the field — networking, cybersecurity, identity, AI and OT security — and across every role that carries risk, from the engineer who builds the foundation to the executive in the boardroom.
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“Twenty years ago, we built ISMG to give defenders the intelligence to see a threat before it reached them,” said Sanjay Kalra, chief executive officer, ISMG. “The lesson of the AI era is that intelligence is only as strong as the infrastructure beneath it: every AI system, every transaction, every connected operation depends on networks that must be engineered and identities that must be secured, and on trained people to do that work. INE has proven that capability can be taught, measured and certified at scale, and now, as one organization, we can raise readiness across the entire stack, from the engineer who runs the network to the board that answers for the risk.”
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For two decades, ISMG has kept the community ahead of emerging threats and convened the leaders who must answer for it. INE turns that awareness into demonstrated skill, through hands-on labs and certification programs used across enterprises of every size.
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“INE’s heritage in networking and cybersecurity runs deep,” said Lindsey Rinehart, chief executive officer, INE. “For years we have carried practitioners from their first commands to expert-level certification, and proven that genuine skill can be measured and validated, not just claimed. Joining ISMG enhances that standard on the global stage and extends it to the disciplines defining the next decade: identity, AI and operational technology, and to the leaders and boards who now answer for them.”
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Readiness Is the New Constraint
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For most of the past decade, the cybersecurity conversation was about hiring more people. That framing is now too narrow. In its 2025 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, ISC2 found that 88% of organizations suffered at least one significant cybersecurity event tied to skills shortages, a sign that readiness, not headcount, is now the binding constraint, and one that reaches well beyond the security team as AI adoption and IT/OT convergence pull new roles into the blast radius of cyber risk.
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A Global Mandate for Cyber Readiness
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With this acquisition, ISMG is launching the Global Cyber Readiness Initiative, a long-term commitment to raise competence across the disciplines that define digital risk: networking, cybersecurity, identity management, AI security and OT security, and across the roles that own them, from engineers to CISOs to the boards accountable for all of it. INE brings the depth: CCNA-, CCNP- and CCIE-level networking training, identity-management courses for zero-trust and access security, the eAIS credential for AI security, and hands-on OT training.