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{{Infobox company | name = Entrust, Corp. | logo = Entrust logo.svg |
former_name = Entrust Datacard | type = Private | foundation = [1994] |
location_country = United States | location = Shakopee, Minnesota[1] |
area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Todd Wilkinson (CEO)[2] | industry =
Digital Security and Credential Issuance | products = | services = |
num_employees = 2,500+ <small>(2020)</small> | homepage =
[https://www.entrust.com/] | footnotes = | intl = <!--Enter _yes_ to change
labels to international instead of US terminology--> }}
ENTRUST CORP., formerly ENTRUST DATACARD, provides software and hardware used
to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those
looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust
certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. The
privately held company is based in Shakopee, Minnesota and employs more than
2,500 people globally.
** History
*** Entrust Inc
In 1994, Entrust built and sold the first commercially available public key
infrastructure.[date=April 2021][3] In 1997, Nortel (formerly Northern
Telecom) spun off Entrust when it became incorporated in Maryland as a part of
a tax strategy.[4]
Entrust originally entered the public SSL market by chaining to the Thawte
Root in 1999 creating Entrust.net.[5]
In May 2000, Entrust acquired [enCommerce], a provider of authentication and
authorization technologies.[6]
In April 2002, Entrust's public key infrastructure technology served as the
foundation for the prototype of what is now the United States Federal Bridge
Certification Authority. The authority is an element of the trust
infrastructure that provides the basis for intergovernmental and
cross-governmental secure communications.[7]
In mid-2004, Entrust acquired AmikaNow! Corporation's content scanning,
analysis and compliance technology.[8] The technology is designed to
automatically analyze and categorize email message and document content based
on the contextual meaning, rather than pre-defined word lists.
Entrust acquired Orion Security Solutions, a supplier of public key
infrastructure services, in June 2006.[9]
In July 2006, Entrust acquired Business Signatures Corporation,[10] a supplier
of non-invasive fraud detection solutions[date=October 2019], for US$50
million. From a GAAP accounting perspective, the total purchase price was
approximately $55.0 million, including assumed stock options, transaction
expenses and net asset value. Business Signatures was founded in 2001 in
Redwood City, California, by former executives from Oracle, HP and Cisco. It
originally was funded by the Texas Pacific Group, Walden International, Ram
Shriram of Google and Dave Roux of Silver Lake Partners.
Prior to it becoming a private-equity company, Entrust was included on the
Russell 3000 Index in July 2008.[11] In July 2007, Entrust contributed public
key infrastructure technology to the open-source community through Sun
Microsystems, Inc. and the Mozilla Foundation. Specifically, Entrust
supplied certificate revocation list distribution points (CRL-DP), Patent
5,699,431, to Sun under a royalty-free license for incorporation of that
capability into the Mozilla open-source libraries.[12]
In July 2009, Entrust was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a U.S.-based private equity
firm, for $124 million.[13]
*** Datacard Group
The company was established in 1969 as Data Card Addressograph after Willis K.
Drake acquired a Minnesota-based firm that produced credit card imprinters.
Company founder Willis K. Drake led a team of engineers that invented
machines that enabled secure and productive personalization of credit cards
beyond the imprinters that Addressograph had offered.[14] Datacard Group's
high-volume card issuance systems allowed banks and retailers to personalize
1,500 cards per hour with great precision and security. Until the company
launched its technologies, the process was slow and riddled with quality
problems.[15]
In 2000, Datacard Group acquired Platform Seven (P7), the smart card
technology arm of National Westminster Bank.[16]
A rapidly growing portion of the company's portfolio is focused on instant
issuance of credit, debit and prepaid cards. Banks, retailers, credit unions
and other organizations issuing cards used for financial transactions are
rapidly deploying systems used to issue cards on-demand in branch or store
locations.[17] These instant issuance systems are often used for issuing
emergency replacements when cards are lost, stolen or compromised by breaches.
Most often, they complement centralized operations that focus on mass issuance
aspects of a card program.[18]
In 2013 the company acquired Entrust Inc.[19][20]
*** Entrust Datacard
In 2014, Datacard Group rebranded as Entrust Datacard.[21][22]
In June 2019 it acquired general-purpose Hardware Security Module vendor
[nCipher] from Thales Group.[23]
*** Entrust Corp
On September 14, 2020, the company announced that it has re-branded from
_Entrust Datacard_ to _Entrust_[24]<ref name=":5" /> and changed its legal
entity name to Entrust Corporation.[25] The rebranding recognized the
company's emphasis on secure identity, payments and data protection.[26]
In January 2021, Entrust acquired HyTrust, Inc., a provider of virtualized and
multi-cloud data encryption, key management, and cloud security posture
management.[27]
Today, the company offers a wide variety of digital security and credential
issuance like crossing borders, making purchases, accessing e-government
services or logging into corporate networks. The organization has expanded
its offerings through a series of acquisitions, including:
- [nCipher] , a hardware security module vendor (June 2019) [28]
- HyTrust , a provider to manage data security, current IT environments and emerging cloud infrastructures (January 2021)
- WorldReach Software, which creates seamless traveler experiences through digital transformation of the ID process for immigration and border management (April 2021) [29]
- Onfido , which specializes in identity verification by using AI to prevent AI-driven identity fraud (April 9, 2024) [30]
In Jan-2025, Sectigo (formerly known as Comodo CA) announced it was acquiring
the public certificate business from Entrust; terms of the agreement were not
disclosed. [31]
In July 2025, Entrust announced it will promote longtime leader Tony Ball to
CEO, replacing Todd Wilkenson.[32]
** Distrust
In June 2024, Google announced that due to long-standing issues with
compliance, Entrust would be removed as a trusted Certificate Authority in the
Chrome browser, and PKI certificates issued by Entrust would no longer be
trusted in the browser after October 2024.[33] In July 2024, Mozilla announced
due the long-standing issues will also remove Entrust as a trusted Certificate
Authority in their Firefox Browser. This will affect all certificates granted
after 30 November 2024. [34]
** References
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[1]. [title=Entrust Corporate Headquarters ]
[2]. [last=Wyant]
[3]. [last=Entrust Timeline ]
[4]. [date=2009-04-14 ]
[5]. [date=27 December 1999 – 3 January 2000]
[6]. [date=2000-04-18]
[7]. [last=Jackson]
[8]. [url=http://www.canadait.com/cfm/index.cfm?It=106&Id=19998&Se=2&Sv=Company&Lo=2 ]
[9]. [last=Welsh ]
[10]. [first=Ellen]
[11]. [url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/06/30/daily41.html ]
[12]. [date=]
[13]. [title=Thoma Bravo Completes $124M Acquisition Of Entrust]
[14]. [url = http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/107248/oh046wkd.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y]
[15]. [url = http://www.cr80news.com/news-item/new-datacard-group-printer-add-on-allows-for-expanded-card-printing-options/]
[16]. [url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2000/03/27/weekinbiz.html ]
[17]. [url = http://www.pymnts.com/news/2015/starting-with-a-trusted-identity-in-payments-innovation/#.VPoU2inGKOJ]
[18]. [url = http://www.banktech.com/payments/instant-issuance-a-game-changer-for-banks/a/d-id/1296297]
[19]. [url = http://www.startribune.com/business/236270441.html]
[20]. [url = http://www.securitydocumentworld.com/article-details/i/11809/]
[21]. [title=Entrust Datacard reveals new brand, partnerships and products]
[22]. [url = http://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/entrust-datacard-reveals-new-brand-partnerships-and-products/]
[23]. [title=Entrust Datacard drops the Datacard as part of rebrand]
[24]. [title=Shakopee-based Entrust rebrands to emphasize its growing data security business]
[25]. [title=Entrust name and identity reflect the critical need for trust at the heart of the digital transformation – and the centrality of Entrust's innovation to secure a rapidly changing world]
[26]. [date=September 14, 2020]
[27]. [date=2021-01-14]
[28]. [title=Entrust Datacard completes purchase of market-leading general purpose hardware security business, nCipher Security, from Thales]
[29]. [title=ID verification powerhouse Entrust acquires Ottawa-based WorldReach]
[30]. [url=https://www.entrust.com/company/newsroom/entrust-completes-acquisition-of-onfido-creating-a-new-era-of-identity-centric-security]
[31]. [title=Sectigo acquires Entrust public certificate business ]
[32]. Michael Novinson, “New Entrust CEO Tony Ball Aims for Identity Life Cycle Shift,” *BankInfoSecurity*, July 23, 2025. Retrieved [ DATE YOU ACCESSED IT ] , from https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/new-entrust-ceo-tony-ball-aims-for-identity-lifecycle-shift-a-29040
[33]. [title=Sustaining Digital Certificate Security - Entrust Certificate Distrust ]
[34]. [title=Mozilla's Decision on Entrust's Root CA Certificates used for TLS ]
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