. please help by adding an introductory section to this article . for more information see the layout guide and wikipedia s lead section guidelines to ensure the section will be inclusive of all the essential details . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message pgp corporation type subsidary industry computer software founded 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 1 menlo park california u.s. technology 1991 headquarters menlo park salt lake city london frankfurt tokyo products encryption applications and management platform number of employees 225 2006 parent symantec website www.pgp.com contents 1 history 2 focus 3 acquisition by symantec 4 references 5 external links history edit pgp corporation headquarters in menlo park pgp corporation co founded in 2002 by jon callas and phil dunkelberger was based in menlo park california . 1 pgp corporation was funded by rob theis general partner doll capital management dcm and terry garnett general partner venrock associates . the company owned the pretty good privacy codebase which was originally developed by phil zimmermann . 2 originally written in 1991 pretty good privacy pgp was one of the first freely and publicly available implementations of public key cryptography . it was originally used to allow individuals to communicate securely through bulletin board systems . pgp later became standardized and supported by many other applications including email . pgp corporation acquired the code and rights to the name from network associates nai in august 2002 . 3 the company released version 9 of the software in 2005 . focus edit pgp corporation s focus shifted towards the corporate market . president and ceo phil dunkelberger said that transparency of use and manageability are the focus of company development efforts . 4 in 2004 the company announced plans to integrate with symantec anti virus technology . 5 in 2010 the company acquired certificate authority tc trustcenter and its parent company chosensecurity to form its new pgp trustcenter division . acquisition by symantec edit on april 29 2010 symantec corp. announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire pgp corporation . 6 the merger was completed in june of that year . references edit a b pgp corporation corporate backgrounder pdf . pgp corporation . 2008 . retrieved 2015 12 01 . philip zimmermann . retrieved 24 february 2015 . network associates on computer hope . john leyden 2002 08 22 . pgp reborn makes its pitch for the mainstream . the register . retrieved 2008 03 21 . john leyden 2004 04 16 . pgp to integrate anti virus defences . the register . retrieved 2008 03 21 . symantec to offer broadest data protection capabilities with acquisition of pgp corporation and guardianedge . retrieved 24 february 2015 . external links edit pgp corporation home page pgp global directory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pgp corporation & oldid 741122856 categories companies based in menlo park californiacryptography companieshidden categories wikipedia introduction cleanup from august 2016all pages needing cleanuppages missing lead sectionarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from august 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages rom n edit links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 14 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view