Venafi, Inc. is a privately held

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company that develops software to

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and protect

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and

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. Its enterprise key and certificate management and security products are

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(CA) independent and manage security instruments such as

Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network. The protocol is widely used in applications such as email, instant messaging, and voice over IP, but its use in securi ...

(TLS)

and

Secure Shell The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Its most notable applications are remote login and command-line execution. SSH applications are based on a ...

(SSH) keys. Jeff Hudson (current chief executive officer) replaced Rohovit in October 2010, and the company moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 2013. Venafi is headquartered in

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, and has offices in California and the United Kingdom. In May 2024,

CyberArk CyberArk is a publicly traded information security company offering identity management. The company's technology is utilized primarily in the financial services, energy, retail, healthcare and government markets. CyberArk is headquartered in U.S ...

announced the planned acquisition of Venafi from

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firm

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for more than $1.5 billion; the deal is expected to close by the end of 2024.

Company name

Venafi is a made-up word created by combining two Latin roots—Vena (vein or root) and Fides (trust or faith). Venafi secures the root of trust—the encryption keys and certificates.

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