Security News > 2021 > June > AWS Acquires Encrypted Communications Service Wickr
Amazon's AWS subsidiary on Friday announced the acquisition of Wickr, a late-stage startup that sells end-to-end encrypted communications tools.
According to VP and Chief Information Security Officer Stephen Schmidt, AWS will be offering Wickr services effective immediately and Wickr customers, channel, and business partners can continue to use Wickr's services as they do today.
He said public sector customers use Wickr for secure communications with office-based employees, or to provide service members at the tactical edge with encrypted communications.
"Enterprise customers use Wickr to keep communications between employees and business partners private, while remaining compliant with regulatory requirements," Schmidt said, explaining why AWS acquired the Wickr service.
Wickr was launched in 2012 as a New York-based startup providing an instant messaging app for encrypted communications.
Over the years, the company shipped several secure messaging apps for business customers, including Wickr Pro, Wickr RAM, and Wickr Enterprise.