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Industry | Computer Software |
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Founded | 2007 |
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Headquarters | London, UK |
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Egress Software Technologies Ltd is a UK-based software company providing security software for e-mail, secure messaging, Document and Email Classification, and associated technologies to assist secure file sharing and handling. [1]
Egress was founded in 2007 by Tony Pepper, Neil Larkins and John Goodyear. [2] In 2011 Egress was awarded the Security Innovation of the Year at the British Computer Society UK IT Industry Awards. [3]
The company experienced an influx of customers following the introduction of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation in 2018. [4] In June 2021, Egress acquired Aquilai Ltd. for an undisclosed price. [5]
In April 2024, cybersecurity awareness training vendor KnowBe4 announced the acquisition of Egress Software. [6] The acquisition was completed three months later. [7]
Egress software is for the secure transfer of emails and documents to non-secure email addresses. [8]
In October 2013, Egress Switch was certified by CESG against Desktop and Gateway Email Encryption Security Characteristics as part of their Commercial Product Assurance program. [9] Egress Protect is certified by the UK's NCSC to handle Official and Official Sensitive under the UK government security classifications policy. [1] As of April 2018 [update] this certification lies with National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and eas extended until 20 December 2019. [10]