Credant Technologies

Credant Technologies

Company type	Private, acquired by Dell
Industry	Information Technology
Founded	2001
Founder	Bob Heard Chris Burchett Andrew Kahl
Defunct	2012 (2012)
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

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Credant was acquired by Dell in December 2012. ^[3]

History

In December 2012, Dell agreed to acquire Credant for an undisclosed amount. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Products

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. ^[7]

References

1. Credent website: Management team, visited 26 December 2012
2. "Credant Technologies Story - Profile, CEO, Founder, History | Technology Companies | SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
3. Rashid, Fahmida Y. (2012-12-18). "Dell To Acquire Data Protection Firm Credant Technologies". SecurityWeek. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
4. "Dell Completes Credant Technologies Buy - texastechpulse.com". www.texastechpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
5. "Dell Acquires Data-Protection Provider Credant Technologies In Another Sign That The Mobile Device Management Market Is Consolidating". TechCrunch. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
6. "Dell Buys Credant for Secure Data". Dice Insights. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
7. Credant product overview Archived 2012-12-20 at the Wayback Machine , visited 26 December 2012