Arxan Technologies

Arxan Technologies
Private
Industry IT, Cybersecurity, Application Security
Founded 2001
Headquarters Bethesda, Maryland (USA)
Number of locations
 USA (6), United Kingdom (1), France (1), Germany (1), Sweden (1), Japan (1), Korea (1)
Key people
 Joe Sander (CEO), Mandeep Khera (CMO), Sam Rehman (CTO), Warren Barrett (CFO)
Products Arxan Code Protection, Arxan Cryptographic Key & Data Protection
Website www.arxan.com

Arxan Technologies is an American technology company specializing in Application Attack Prevention and Self-Protection solution for IoT, Mobile, and other applications. The company reports that applications secured by it are running on over 500 million devices. Arxan solutions are used to protect applications across a range of industries, including: Mobile Payments & Banking, Automotive IoT, Healthcare IoT, Gaming, DRM,[1][2][3] and High-Tech. Arxan's security products are used to protect the confidentiality of applications (which can be breached by reverse-engineering, code analysis and other means) and the integrity of applications (which can be compromised through code modification, malware insertion and other types of attacks).

History

Arxan is privately held and private equity-backed. In the fall of 2013, TA Associates, a private equity firm, completed a majority investment in Arxan Technologies. Previously, the company received Series B funding in 2003,[4] followed by $13 million in series C funding in 2007 and a series D funding of $4 million in 2009. Early investors included Trident Capital, EDF Ventures, Legend Ventures, Paladin Capital, Dunrath Capital, TDF Fund and Solstice Capital.

The company's initial focus was on defense anti-tamper applications. Following the sale of its defense technology unit, Arxan Defense Systems, to Microsemi in 2010,[5] Arxan focused on commercial applications.

Products

Arxan offers a number of Anti-Tamper Software products for application and cryptographic key protection.[6] These include:

In May 2012, the company announced comprehensive support for Android application protection and hardening against tampering and piracy.[7] In June 2014, Arxan announced that its mobile application protection offerings will be sold by IBM as part of IBM’s portfolio of security products.

Arxan's products are based on patented security techniques[8][9][10][11] for code hardening, tamper-proofing, key security and node locking. The core technology consists of a multi-layered, interconnected network of Guards that each perform a specific security function and are embedded into application binaries to make programs tamper-aware, tamper-resistant, and self-healing. The company claims a three-layer protection paradigm of defend, detect and react as a differentiating approach. By detecting when an attack is being attempted and responding to detected attacks with alerts and repairs, this protection helps secure software against hacking attacks and threats such as:[12]

Arxan also creates protection and anti-tamper solutions for video games, similar to Denuvo, albeit with less success. At this point only a few games are protected with Arxan: Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, and Mafia III. 2K Games' Mafia III was bypasseḍ within 24 h release by P2P member Voksi.[13] Earlier a Warez Scene group RELOADED delivered a lot of Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty: Black Ops III releases (including updates and downloadable content).

Media and Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rosen, Sam. "Arxan Hardens Multiplatform DRM Solutions". ABI Research. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Protecting TV Video Content that is Viewed on Multiple Types of Consumer Electronic – CE Devices". IPTV Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "So many DRMs, so many headaches" (PDF). CSI Magazine: 36. Jan–Feb 2012.
  4. ↑ "Clearing Economic Hurdles, Arxan, Griffin secure additional financing" (PDF). Biz Voice Magazine.
  5. ↑ "Microsemi acquires Arxan Defense Systems, Inc.". Microsemi.
  6. ↑ "Arxan Technologies Products". Arxan Technologies.
  7. ↑ "Android Security: Protection of Java and Native Apps". Android Security.
  8. ↑ "Method and system for tamperproofing software". USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Guards for application in software tamperproofing". USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database.
  10. ↑ "Method and Apparatus for Hiding A Private Key". USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database.
  11. ↑ "Method and system for secure computational outsourcing and disguise". USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  12. ↑ Dager, Mike. "Cyberattack Defense: Staying One Step Ahead of Hackers". TechNewsWorld. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Bulgarian, Voksi. "Source of bypass to Arxan Anti-Tamper". cs.rin.ru. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Deloitte 500 Fastest Growing Companies 2014" (PDF). Retrieved Oct 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ "CIOReview 2014 Top 50 Most Promising IoT Companies". Retrieved Oct 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Mobile Innovations Awards 2015". Retrieved Oct 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Arxan Awards Page". Retrieved June 9, 2014.

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