DirectTrust Acquires Assets of SAFE Identity
August 31, 2021
DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare trust alliance, has acquired the assets and Trust Framework of SAFE Identity (SAFE), an industry consortium and certification body for identity assurance in healthcare. The deal brings SAFE's trust framework and membership into a new DirectTrust Identity division to expand identity-assurance, cryptography, and interoperability use cases across healthcare and regulated life-science stakeholders.
- Buyers
- DirectTrust
- Targets
- SAFE Identity
- Sellers
- SAFE Identity
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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