Safenet

> 1600 (2011) in 25 countries

~ $ 450 million (2011)

The SafeNet, Inc. is a U.S. company for information security solutions for protecting data in the " Data at rest ", " data in motion " and "Data in Use", as well as licensing solutions for applications and "Embedded Software ".

History

SafeNet was founded in 1983 in Timonium, Maryland, under the name Industrial Resource Engineering ( IRE). At the start of sales of security solutions was to protect public and private networks of financial institutions at the center, then the U.S. government was added as a customer. Based on their own VPN product line, the company was renamed in 2001 in SafeNet., 2005, SafeNet 1,043 employees worldwide, including 469 engineers in the field of encryption. The company is owned by Vector Capital, a capital company headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Offices

In addition to its headquarters in Belcamp, Maryland, SafeNet maintains offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia - Pacific region. Sites in the German space located in Munich and Ennetbaden in Switzerland.

Importance for the market

SafeNet sold its security solutions in over 100 countries and has about 25,000 customers and has been the market leader for IPSec Software, Hardware Security Modules ( HSMs ), and crypto IP licensing solutions.

SafeNet's annual turnover is around 450 million U.S. dollars ( 2011). From 2002 to 2007, the company has increased its turnover by 838 per cent.

Other products and services

  • License Management
  • Software Monetization
  • IP Protection
  • Application & Transaction Security ( Hardware Security Module )
  • High-speed encryption and network
  • Database Encryption
  • Disk encryption
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Rights management

Acquisitions

The following companies were acquired by SafeNet:

  • Securealink (2002) - High performance encryption chips
  • Cylink Corporation ( 2003) - VPN security solutions
  • Rainbow Technologies (2004) - encryption, identity management and licensing solutions
  • Chrysalis (2004) - HSM server
  • Datakey (2004) - Identity Management Solutions
  • Media Sentry (2005) - Anti- piracy and business management services for the music and film industry
  • DMDsecure (2005) - Server Software for digital rights management
  • Eracom (2005) - HSMs and encryption software for hard disks
  • Ingrian Networks (April 2008) - database application for information security suite
  • Beep Science (June 2008) - Digital Rights Management software for the mobile sector
  • Aladdin ( March 2009) - Company encryption, security for the computer
Types of business entity Asia-Pacific
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