Editing RSA Security (section)

{{Short description|American computer security company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox company
| name = RSA Security LLC
| trade_name = RSA
| logo = RSA Security logo2.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| type = [[Independent business|Independent]]
| founder = {{unbulleted list
 | [[Ron Rivest]]
 | [[Adi Shamir]]
 | [[Leonard Adleman]]}}<ref name="RC5Challenge"/>
| key_people = {{unbulleted list
 | Rohit Ghai (2017-present)<ref>{{cite web
  | url        = https://www.rsa.com/en-us/company/news/rohit-ghai-named-president-of-rsa
  | title        = Rohit Ghai Named President at RSA
  | access-date        = January 9, 2017
  | archive-date        = September 24, 2020
  | archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20200924022149/https://www.rsa.com/en-us/company/news/rohit-ghai-named-president-of-rsa
  | url-status        = dead
  }}</ref>
 | [[Amit Yoran]] (2014-2016)<ref>{{cite web
  | url        = http://www.securityweek.com/amit-yoran-named-president-rsa
  | title      = Amit Yoran Named President at RSA
  | date = October 29, 2014
 | access-date = December 29, 2014}}</ref>}}
| industry = Network Security and Authentication
| products = RSA Access Manager, RSA Adaptive Authentication, RSA Adaptive Authentication for eCommerce, RSA Archer Suite, RSA Authentication Manager, RSA Cybercrime Intelligence, RSA Data Loss Prevention, RSA Digital Certificate Solutions, RSA Federated Identity Manager, RSA FraudAction Services, RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, RSA NetWitness Endpoint, RSA NetWitness Investigator, RSA NetWitness Orchestrator, RSA NetWitness Platform, RSA NetWitness UEBA, RSA SecurID Access, RSA Web Threat Detection
| num_employees = 2,700+
| foundation = {{start date and age|1982}}<ref name="RC5Challenge"/><ref name="kaliski"/>
| location_city = [[Burlington, Massachusetts|Burlington]], Massachusetts
| location_country = United States
| parent = [[Symphony Technology Group]]
| homepage = {{url|www.rsa.com}}
}}

'''RSA Security LLC''',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.RSA_Security_LLC.ef345dbdf6a59dd7.html| title=RSA Security LLC Company Profile| access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref> formerly '''RSA Security, Inc.''' and [[trade name]] '''RSA''', is an American [[computer security|computer]] and [[network security]] company with a focus on encryption and decryption standards. RSA was named after the initials of its co-founders, [[Ron Rivest]], [[Adi Shamir]] and [[Leonard Adleman]], after whom the [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] [[public key cryptography]] [[algorithm]] was also named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=2760|title=RSA History|access-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> Among its products is the [[SecurID]] authentication token. The [[BSAFE]] [[cryptography]] libraries were also initially owned by RSA. RSA is known for incorporating backdoors developed by the [[National Security Agency|NSA]] in its products.<ref name="NSAcollab1">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa-rsa-idUSBREA2U0TY20140331|title=NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought - study|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=2014-03-31|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="NSAcollab2">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/report-rsa-endowed-crypto-product-with-second-nsa-influenced-code/|title=RSA endowed crypto product with second NSA-influenced code|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=2014-03-31|publisher=Ars Technica}}</ref> It also organizes the annual [[RSA Conference]], an information security conference.

Founded as an independent company in 1982, RSA Security was acquired by [[EMC Corporation]] in 2006 for US$2.1 billion and operated as a division within EMC.<ref name="EMCpurchase"/> When EMC was acquired by [[Dell Technologies]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=Dell Technologies - Who We Are|url=https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/who-we-are.htm#accordion0=0|publisher=Dell Technologies Inc.|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> RSA became part of the Dell Technologies family of brands. On 10 March 2020, Dell Technologies announced that they will be selling RSA Security to a consortium, led by [[Symphony Technology Group|Symphony Technology Group (STG)]], Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) and [[AlpInvest Partners]] (AlpInvest) for US$2.1 billion, the same price when it was bought by EMC back in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RSA® Emerges as Independent Company Following Completion of Acquisition by Symphony Technology Group|url=https://www.rsa.com/en-us/company/news/rsa--emerges-as-independent-company|access-date=2020-11-02|website=RSA.com|language=en}}</ref>

RSA is based in [[Burlington, Massachusetts]], with regional headquarters in [[Bracknell]] (UK) and [[Singapore]], and numerous international offices.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.emc.com/corporate/about-rsa/index.htm | title=About RSA &#124; Cybersecurity and Digital Risk Management}}</ref>