Credant Technologies

Credant Technologies was a company formerly located in Addison, Texas that offered products and services for data security. The company was founded in 2001 by Bob Heard, Chris Burchett and Andrew Kahl.^[1][2] The company claims that their products protect two million end-points in several industries, such as universities, health-care, aeronautical, financial^[3][4] and government/defense.^[5]

Credant Technologies

Company type	Private, acquired by Dell
Industry	Information Technology
Founded	2001
Founder	Bob Heard Chris Burchett Andrew Kahl
Headquarters	Addison, Texas
Key people	Bob Heard: CEO David Becker: CFO Chris Burchett: CTO Andrew Kahl: 'Sr.VP Operations[1]
Products	Mobile Guardian, Policy Proxy, Self-encrypting drives, Compliance Reporter, BitLocker manager
Website	www.credant.com

Products

The company offers 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.^[6]

Acquisition by Dell

In December 2012, Dell agreed to acquire Credant for an undisclosed amount.^{[7][8][9][10]} Prior to the acquisition Dell was already a technology partner of Credant.^{[11][dead link]}