August 2017
DigiCert to Acquire Symantec
At the beginning of August 2017, DigiCert announced
its agreement to acquire Symantec's website security business, including the SSL/TLS and the IoT business.
DigiCert announced this very swiftly as they are hoping "that this agreement will satisfy the needs of the browser community" in relation to Google's plans to distrust the Symantec root certificate in the Chrome browser.
It is reported that the deal is for $950m USD plus a 30% share of DigiCert.
This is expected to complete in the last half of 2018.
DigiCert announced this very swiftly as they are hoping "that this agreement will satisfy the needs of the browser community" in relation to Google's plans to distrust the Symantec root certificate in the Chrome browser.
It is reported that the deal is for $950m USD plus a 30% share of DigiCert.
This is expected to complete in the last half of 2018.