RSA Security

RSA Security LLC, formerly RSA Security, Inc. and trade nameRSA, is an American computer and network security company with a focus on encryption and decryption standards. RSA was named after the initials of its co-founders, Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman, after whom the RSApublic key cryptographyalgorithm was also named. Among its products is the SecurID authentication token. The BSAFEcryptography libraries were also initially owned by RSA. RSA is known for incorporating backdoors developed by the NSA in its products. It previously organized the annual RSA Conference, an information security conference, until the company sold the conference to Crosspoint Capital, Clearlake Capital, and Symphony Technology Group in March 2022.

Founded as an independent company in 1982, RSA Security was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2006 for US$2.1 billion and operated as a division within EMC. When EMC was acquired by Dell Technologies in 2016, RSA became part of the Dell Technologies family of brands. On 10 March 2020, Dell Technologies announced that they will be selling RSA Security to a consortium, led by Symphony Technology Group (STG), Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) and AlpInvest Partners (AlpInvest) for US$2.1 billion, the same price when it was bought by EMC back in 2006.

RSA is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, with regional headquarters in Bracknell (UK) and Singapore, and numerous international offices.