History
Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman developed the RSA encryption algorithm in 1977. They founded RSA Data Security in 1982.
- In 1995 RSA sent a handful of people across the hall to found Digital Certificates International, better known as VeriSign.
- The company then called Security Dynamics acquired RSA Data Security in July 1996 and DynaSoft AB in 1997.
- In January 1997 it proposed the first of the DES Challenges which led to the first public breaking of a message based on the Data Encryption Standard.
- In February 2001, it acquired Xcert International, Inc., a privately held company that developed and delivered digital certificate-based products for securing e-business transactions.
- In May 2001, it acquired 3-G International, Inc., a privately held company that developed and delivered smart card and biometric authentication products.
- In August 2001, it acquired Securant Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that produced ClearTrust, an identity management product.
- In December 2005, it acquired Cyota, a privately held Israeli company specializing in online security and anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions.
- In April 2006 it acquired PassMark Security.
- On September 14, 2006, RSA stockholders approved the acquisition of the company by EMC Corporation for $2.1 billion.
- On 2007 RSA acquired Valyd Software, a Hyderabad based Indian company specializing in File and Data Security .
- In 2009 RSA launched the RSA Share Project. As part of this project, some of the RSA BSAFE libraries were made available for free. To promote the launch, RSA ran a programming competition with a US$10,000 first prize.
- RSA introduced a new CyberCrime Intelligence Service designed to help organisations identify computers, information assets and identities compromised by trojans and other online attacks.
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