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'''SafeNet, Inc.''' is network security company founded in 1983 and headquartered in [[Belcamp]], [[Maryland]]. The company provides network security hardware and software. The company's products are used in wide-area networks, wireless networks, security, anti-piracy, license management, and other applications.<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/safenet/--ID__16576--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Hoover's]</ref> |
'''SafeNet, Inc.''' is network security company founded in 1983 and headquartered in [[Belcamp]], [[Maryland]]. The company provides network security hardware and software. The company's products are used in wide-area networks, wireless networks, security, anti-piracy, license management, and other applications.<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/safenet/--ID__16576--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Hoover's]</ref> |
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SafeNet customers include corporations, governments, financial institutions, and original equipment manufacturers ([[OEM]]s). Annual revenues are in the $250 million range and the company employs about 1,000 people.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/gen/company.html?gcode=37234DBA322948CDAD5C01ECB07CB723 Baltimore Business Journal]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | SafeNet has two roles of note in the information security industry. It has been a consolidator, acquiring among others, [[Rainbow Technologies]] (2003), [[Beep Science AS]] (2008), Eracom Technologies AG, (2005). In 2003 it acquired the OEM business of SSH Communications Security Oyj, a Helsinki-based developer of Internet security softwares. It has also been a keeper of government secrets, namely the Mykotronx line of secure data, voice, fax, and other satellite communications, used by agencies such as the [[NSA]] and the [[NRO]]. |
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[[Category:Security companies of the United States]] |
[[Category:Security companies of the United States]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.safenet-inc.com/ Symantec Official Website] |
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SafeNet, Inc. is network security company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland. The company provides network security hardware and software. The company's products are used in wide-area networks, wireless networks, security, anti-piracy, license management, and other applications.[1]
SafeNet customers include corporations, governments, financial institutions, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Annual revenues are in the $250 million range and the company employs about 1,000 people.[2]
SafeNet has two roles of note in the information security industry. It has been a consolidator, acquiring among others, Rainbow Technologies (2003), Beep Science AS (2008), Eracom Technologies AG, (2005). In 2003 it acquired the OEM business of SSH Communications Security Oyj, a Helsinki-based developer of Internet security softwares. It has also been a keeper of government secrets, namely the Mykotronx line of secure data, voice, fax, and other satellite communications, used by agencies such as the NSA and the NRO.