BeyondTrust: Difference between revisions

| logo = BeyondTrust Logologo.pngsvg

| key_people = Matt Dircks, CEOExecutive Chairman<br />Janine Seebeck, Chief Financial OfficerCEO<br />Chris Jones, Chief Revenue Officer<br />Morey Haber, Chief Technology Officer<br />Dan Derosa, Chief Product Officer<br />Dave Giles, Chief Customer Success Officer<br />Liz Shulof, Chief Marketing Officer

| products = PrivilegedPrivilege and Identity Management<br />Vulnerability Management<br />Secure Remote Access

| num_employees = 500-1000~ 1500

| homepage = httphttps://www.beyondtrust.com/

| location = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], USA|

|}}

'''BeyondTrust '''(formerly '''Symark''') is an [[United States|American]] company that develops, markets, and supports a family of privileged identity management / access management (PIM/PAM), privileged remote access, and vulnerability management products for [[UNIX]], [[Linux]], [[Windows]] and [[Mac OSmacOS]] operating systems.

Symark was founded in 1985 as a [[OpenVMS|VAX/VMS]] utility software company in Los Angeles' [[San Fernando Valley]]. Its name is derived from the initials of its founders, Bob Sommers and Doug Yarrow. Symark was also a client-server computing vendor, before later acquiring a license for the UNIX security product UPM (now owned by [[Quest Software]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/561708/passgo-bring-quest-greater-multiplatform|title=PassGo Will Bring Quest Greater Multiplatform Capabilities|website=www.gartner.com|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> and rebranding their version ''PowerBroker''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeff|first1=Parker|title=BeyondTrust PowerBroker Active Directory Tools for PCI/SOX/HIPAA Compliance|url=https://www.ittsystems.com/best-free-active-directory-tools/#beyondtrust-powerbroker|website=ITTSystems.com|date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="four">By Alex Woodie, The Linux Beacon. "[http://www.itjungle.com/two/two052808-story09.html Symark Tackles Tough Access Control Problems] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109174244/http://www.itjungle.com/two/two052808-story09.html |date=January 9, 2009 }}. " April 2, 2008.</ref> Symark relocated to [[Westlake Village]], California, then again to [[Agoura Hills]].

|url=https://www.beyondtrust.com/products/powerbroker-for-unix-linux/|title=Unix Privileged Identity & Access Management|year=2016}}</ref> systems. From 2003&mdash;2008 the company expanded in [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Japan]] and [[Latin America]]. During the same time period, they also grew by almost 300 percent and were one of the fastest growing private companies in the [[Los Angeles]] area.

In 2003, AutoProf introduced the AutoProf Policy maker, which was the first commercial product<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tulloch|first1=Mitch|title=Windows Server Hacks: AutoProf Policy Maker|url=http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/12/14/auto_prof.html|website=WindowsDevCenter|publisher=O'Reilly|accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref> to build upon [[Microsoft]]'s built-in [[Group Policy]] Objects to make common tasks like mapping network drives or sharing printer connections easier. In 2005, AutoProf grew 90% in revenue over the previous year<ref name="fourteen">Press Release. "[http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/118396/autoprof_announces_record_year_revenue_growth/ AutoProf Announces Record Year Revenue Growth]. " January 12, 2005. Retrieved on August 28, 2009</ref> and changed the company name to DesktopStandard.<ref name="thirteen">Press Release. "[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-127718323.html Article: AutoProf Announces Name Change and Releases Group Policy Security Product; DesktopStandard Corporation Provides Application-Level Security Product to Satisfy Regulatory Compliance Needs]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. " January 26, 2005. Retrieved on August 28, 2009.</ref> Four million [[Desktop computer|desktop]]s were under the management of DesktopStandard's software across 3,500 customers. Between 2003&mdash;2005, DesktopStandard added six products to their portfolio for RBAC, password management, and identity access management on Windows. In 2006, Microsoft acquired most of DesktopStandard's products, and DesktopStandard's CEO formed a new company (BeyondTrust) around the remaining Policy Maker Application Security product.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2661727/microsoft-buys-desktopstandard.html|title=Microsoft buys DesktopStandard|last=Montalbano|first=Elizabeth|date=2006-10-02|website=InfoWorld|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>

'''2009:''' Symark acquired the Windows-based business of BeyondTrust in 2009 for approximately $20 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/beyondtrust |title=ArchivedBeyondTrust copy&#124; ITworld |accessdate=2010-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607073726/http://www.itworld.com/beyondtrust |archivedate=2011-06-07 }}</ref> and they adopted BeyondTrust as the new company name.<ref name="masshigh">By Jackie Noblett, Mass High Tech. "[http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/14/daily14-BeyondTrust-acquired-by-Symark.html BeyondTrust acquired by Symark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922225945/http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/14/daily14-BeyondTrust-acquired-by-Symark.html |date=2009-09-22 }}. September 14, 2009</ref>

'''2011:''' BeyondTrust acquired software from Likewise Software.<ref>{{Cite Theweb acquisition|title=BeyondTrust expandedAcquires itsAssets portfolioOf ofLikewise "insideSoftware perimeter"To securityExpand capabilitiesAccess forManagement Windows and Unix-based systems to include authentication and auditing management for cross-platform and cloud environments.<ref>{{Cite webBusiness | url=httphttps://www.networkcomputing.com/wancloud-securitynetworking/beyondtrust-acquires-assets-of-likewise/231001292-software-to-expand-access-management-business |titleaccess-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.networkcomputing.com Networking|language=en}}</ref>

'''May 2012:''' BeyondTrust Acquiredacquired Vulnerability Management Pioneer eEye Digital Security.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/idUS166340+10-May-2012+BW20120510 |title=BeyondTrust Acquires Vulnerability Management Pioneer eEye Digital Security &#124; Reuters |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2017-06-30 |archive-date=2013-06-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630054947/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/idUS166340+10-May-2012+BW20120510 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''December 2012:''' BeyondTrust Acquiredacquired [[Blackbird Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Marisa |date=12 December 2012 |title=BeyondTrust Acquires BlackBird Group, Improves Enterprise Security |url=http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/beyondtrust-acquires-blackbird-group-improves-enterprise-security-018713.php | titleaccess-date=BeyondTrust5 AcquiresJuly BlackBird2024 Group, Improves Enterprise Security|website=CMSWire}}</ref>

'''September 2014:''' Veritas Capital acquiresacquired BeyondTrust for $310 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborne |first=Charlie |date=3 September 2014 |title=Veritas Capital snaps up security firm BeyondTrust for $310 million |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/veritas-capital-snaps-up-security-firm-beyondtrust-for-310-million/ |title website= Veritas Capital snaps up security firm BeyondTrust for $310 million[[ZDNet]]}}</ref>

'''October 2018:''' Bomgar acquiresacquired BeyondTrust from Veritas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eweek.com/security/bomgar-to-be-renamed-beyondtrust-after-acquisition-of-pam-vendor</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pehub.com/2018/09/veritas-to-sell-beyondtrust-to-bomgar/ |title = VeritasBomgar to sellbe Renamed BeyondTrust toAfter BomgarAcquisition of PAM Vendor|date = 2018-09-13 September 2018}}</ref>

{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| name = Bomgar

| logo = Bomgar logo.png

| developer = BeyondTrust Software, Inc.

| released = 2003<ref name="faq">{{Cite news |url=http://www.bomgar.com/remotedesktopaccess/faqs.htm |title=FAQs |access-date=2010-07-03 |publisher=Bomgar}}</ref>

| operating_system = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[BlackBerry]], [[iOS]], [[Linux]], [[OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Windows Mobile]]<ref name="level2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.darkreading.com/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225700828 |title=Bomgar Unveils FIPS-Compliant Remote Access Helpdesk Tool |date=June 21, 2010 |access-date=2010-07-03 |publisher=darkReading}}</ref>

| genre = [[Remote administration]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| website = {{URL|https://www.beyondtrust.com/brand/bomgar}}

The company originated when [[Joel Bomgar|Joel Bomgaars]] developed his own remote support solutions to cut back on wasted hours he spent travelling while working as a support professional for a local company. In June 2003, he set up a one-page, static website selling his own, home-grown remote access solution, calling it '''ExpertVNC'''. Soon thereafter, his two college friends, Nathan McNeill and Patrick Norman, joined Bomgar as co-founders.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.privco.com/company/bomgar-corporation/|title=BeyondTrust|publisher=Privco|accessdate=March 25, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2004, ExpertVNC changed its name to '''NetworkStreaming'''. In the next month it changed its cloud-based product to an appliance model, differentiating itself from other similar remote support solutions.

In February 2007, NetworkStreaming underwentchanges a significant brand change, and theits company name was changed to '''Bomgar''', alonga withsimplified theform founderof Joel Bomgaars's surnamefamily name –that ashe aalso simplificationchose ofto thisuse maidenprofessionally namefor Bomgaarshimself.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/030507buzz.html|title=Company's new name has familiar ring|last=McNamara|first=Paul|work=Network World|access-date=2017-04-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenn |first1=Donna |title=Is There a Memorable Brand Hidden in Your Name? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-there-a-memorable-brand-hidden-in-your-name/ |website=CBS News |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=August 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Blakely |first1=Lindsay |title=A New Brand Name Changed Everything |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-new-brand-name-changed-everything/ |website=CBS News |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=December 23, 2010}}</ref>

Bomgar's first Privateprivate Equityequity investors, TA AccociatesAssociates, placed a majority investment in Bomgar in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ta.com/about/news/ta-associates-announces-majority-investment-in-bomgar|title=News {{!}} TA|website=TA Associates|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref>

In April 2018, [[Francisco Partners]] announced that it acquired Bomgar from [[Thoma Bravo]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bomgar.com/blog/entry/francisco-partners-acquires-bomgar|title=Francisco Partners Acquires Bomgar {{!}} BOMGAR|website=www.bomgar.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref> which owned Bomgar since June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bomgar.com/press/thoma-bravo-acquires-bomgar-strengthens-security-software-portfolio|title=Thoma Bravo Acquires Bomgar, Strengthens Security Software Portfolio {{!}} BOMGAR|website=www.bomgar.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref> Financial details of this deal were not disclosed.