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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 with "plans to deliver a single platform that aggregates threat intelligence dynamically, offering AI-based email security and training that is automatically tailored relative to risk." [6]
Egress software is for the secure transfer of emails and documents to non-secure email addresses. [7]
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. [8] 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. [9]
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