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Cryptek is a company that develops and sells information security products and services to governments and corporations. Cryptek is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, USA.

History
Cryptek was founded in 1986. At that time, the company designed and manufactured field-deployable secure FAX machines for the military of the United States. In 1988, Cryptek was acquired by General Kinetics, a manufacturer of secure enclosures and other products. In 1993, General Kinetics also acquired Verdix, a manufacturer of secure computer networking equipment for the government of the United States.

In 1996, private equity firm Angelo Gordon acquired the FAX and secure networking businesses of General Kinetics. Since 1996, these two businesses have operated under the Cryptek name.

In 2006, Cryptek went through a corporate restructuring in which Bill Anderson became the President and CEO. In 2007, Cryptek acquired four companies: Secure Systems Group of Sterling, Virginia, USA, Emcon Emanation Control Ltd of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Secure Systems & Technology (SST) of Gloucester, United Kingdom and ION Networks of South Plainfield, New Jersey, USA.

Products
Cryptek develops and sells three lines of products:

• ION Secure Remote Management Systems - A suite of products to control and manage vendor remote access on enterprise networks.

• Cryptek Secure Network Access Systems – A suite of products to control and manage user access to networks, systems and information on enterprise networks.

• Cryptek TEMPEST Equipment – A suite of computing and communications products that conform to various government standards for electronic emanation control known as TEMPEST.