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In December 2012, Dell agreed to acquire Credant for an undisclosed amount.
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Credant Technologies
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Former American data security company
Credant Technologies was a data security company located in Addison, Texas. The company was founded in 2001 by Bob Heard, Chris Burchett and Andrew Kahl. Credant was acquired by Dell in December 2012.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
2001Founded1
- Industrycomputer security1
- HeadquartersAddison1
- Websitewww.credant.com
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Credant Technologies was a data security company located in Addison, Texas. The company was founded in 2001 by Bob Heard, Chris Burchett and Andrew Kahl.2
Products and brands
The company offered a range of products to protect data from "leaking". Several different versions of the main technology can be used on different locations in the network: via a "policy proxy" on the border between the LAN and the internet or in the DMZ, or a central "enterprise server" within the network. Also editions for Exchange servers and domain controllers are available.
Other products are self-encrypting drivers that will encrypt all data on that drive without any additional requirements on the client or from the user, BitLocker management systems, Policy Reporting tools.
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Timeline
- 2001Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.credant.com1
- WikipediaCredant Technologies
- WikidataQ5183680
Sources
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- 1WikidataCredant Technologies on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCredant Technologies on Wikipedia
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