Combination expands reach across federal civilian, defense, and state and local markets

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ShorePoint, LLC ("ShorePoint"), a leading provider of advanced cybersecurity services dedicated exclusively to strengthening federal customers' cyber resilience, today announced the acquisition of a portfolio of federal contracts from Coalfire Federal. As part of the transaction, the experienced team of cybersecurity professionals supporting these contracts will join ShorePoint, further expanding the company's technical capabilities, customer relationships and presence across the federal cybersecurity market.

The acquisition adds cybersecurity engineering, automation and assessment depth and opens new customer relationships across the federal civilian, defense, and state and local sectors. The acquisition adds a substantial number of prime contracts across new federal agency customers to ShorePoint's portfolio, significantly broadening ShorePoint's customer base, technical capabilities and presence across the federal cybersecurity market. Coalfire Federal will continue to operate independently following the transaction.

ShorePoint, a portfolio company of CM Equity Partners, is tackling some of the toughest challenges across complex federal ecosystems, from securing high-performance computing environments to preparing agencies for post-quantum cryptography. The firm also helps customers use AI to strengthen their missions and defend against AI-informed attacks. This acquisition deepens and expands ShorePoint's cybersecurity capabilities, broadening the company's use of AI and automation to strengthen the security posture of public sector customers.

"Our federal customers face adversaries who move fast, and they need partners who can stay ahead. This acquisition adds exceptional professionals and proven capabilities to a team already leading in AI-enabled security, HPC security and PQC readiness," said Matt Brown, co-founder and CEO of ShorePoint. "Together, we can accelerate automation, engineering and assessment at the speed that missions demand."

The acquired team brings deep expertise in federal risk management, advanced cybersecurity and engineering capabilities, and shares ShorePoint's culture of customer delivery, mission impact and growth. The acquisition sharpens ShorePoint's adversary emulation capabilities, adds top-tier cyber talent and extends its customer reach while maintaining an unwavering commitment to customer delivery, mission excellence and professional growth.

"These federal customers and the talented professionals supporting them have established an exceptional track record of performance and mission delivery," said Bill Malone, president, Coalfire Federal. "ShorePoint's deep expertise in federal cybersecurity, combined with its focus on artificial intelligence and emerging cyber threats, makes it a natural fit for these contracts and the teams supporting them. We are confident that this transition will provide our customers with continued excellence in service delivery while creating new opportunities for the team to grow and expand its capabilities."

TideLock Partners served as financial advisor to Coalfire Federal.

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint's experts operate where tomorrow's threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to post-quantum cryptography readiness — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

About Coalfire

Coalfire is a cybersecurity and compliance services provider that helps organizations reduce risk and accelerate their most critical technology initiatives. Coalfire's experts advise organizations across industries on cybersecurity strategy, compliance, privacy, cloud security, risk management, and related assurance needs. Learn more at www.coalfire.com.

Media Contact

Joyce Bosc, ShorePoint LLC, 1 3017179529, jbosc@boscobel.com, www.shorepointinc.com

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