M&A Deal Summary

RSA Security Acquires Cyota

On December 5, 2005, RSA Security acquired information technology company Cyota for 145M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RSA Security’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is RSA Security’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RSA Security’s 1st transaction in Israel.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-12-05
Target Cyota
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) RSA Security
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 145M USD

Target

Cyota

Israel
Cyota is a developer of security solutions against online identity theft.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RSA Security

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,282
DESCRIPTION

RSA Security is a provider of intelligence-driven security solutions. RSA enables customers to cost-effectively secure critical information assets and online identities wherever they live and at every step of the way, and manage security information and events to ease the burden of compliance. RSA Security was established in 1982 and is based in Bedford, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 5
Country (Israel) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-31 Securant Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States

Securant Technologies is a developer of software solutions that provide a solid, integrated security infrastructure for the electronic commerce. Securant's software enables companies to easily manage a cohesive security policy required when deploying secure electronic commerce applications on the Web or across an Enterprise.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-24 PassMark Security

Menlo Park, California, United States

PassMark Security is a provider of software-based authentication software. PassMark’s authentication software is primarily used by financial institutions to offer their customers a stronger form of authentication than simple passwords by asking them to identify images and phrases.

Buy $45M