NordVPN Mothercompany Renames to Cyberspace Surfshark joins Nord Vpn´s Cyberspace
The merger will allow Nord Security and Surfshark to consolidate their resources in reaching mutual goals and innovate within the cybersecurity industry. This synergy will aid in the fight against online threats and create a better experience for users.
Nord Security joins forces with Surfshark to strengthen their position in cybersecurity
Nord Security, a leader in the digital privacy and security field, and Surfshark, a fast-growing consumer cybersecurity company, joined forces to strengthen their industry positioning.
Feb 02, 2022
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The companies finalized a merger agreement, which will reveal technical knowledge-sharing opportunities and enable more focused market diversification. However, Nord Security and Surfshark will continue to operate autonomously, relying on separate infrastructures and product roadmaps.
The merger agreement explained
As a market leader in the cybersecurity industry, Nord Security was impressed by the fast growth of Surfshark and the expertise and professionalism of its team. This merger will mark the beginning of the largest internet security and privacy powerhouse, help both companies to align on a strategic level, better satisfy the needs of our customers, and prepare for future challenges.
Nord Security and Surfshark have their own user bases, which is not going to change. Both brands will continue to operate independently, serving their customers and improving their own products.
The merger will allow Nord Security and Surfshark to consolidate their resources in reaching mutual goals and innovate within the cybersecurity industry. This synergy will aid in the fight against online threats and create a better experience for users.
When will the agreement take effect?
The closing of the signed agreement marks the end of the process that started in mid-2021. Since Nord Security and Surfshark have a shared mission to secure people’s digital lives and improve their privacy, the agreement provides both companies with new leverage in building a safer internet.
Both companies will continue to develop their own cybersecurity solutions, encompassing personal data protection, device security, file security, and more.
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NordVPN’s Parent Company Is Merging With VPN Provider Surfshark
Both VPN providers say they will continue operating independently and won’t share IT infrastructure.
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Surfshark is now part of NordVPN.
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Ok the malwarebytes team did delete my thread for the one of my 2nd account which i mailed was made because i cant access this one due to twitter bugs
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It sounds very metaverse-y. Is this the enw trend now? Trademarking generic words? Who will trademark “Internet” first?
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The companies finalized a merger agreement, which will reveal technical knowledge-sharing opportunities and enable more focused market diversification. However, Nord Security and Surfshark will continue to operate autonomously, relying on separate infrastructures and product roadmaps.
The merger agreement explained
As a market leader in the cybersecurity industry, Nord Security was impressed by the fast growth of Surfshark and the expertise and professionalism of its team. This merger will mark the beginning of the largest internet security and privacy powerhouse, help both companies to align on a strategic level, better satisfy the needs of our customers, and prepare for future challenges.
Nord Security and Surfshark have their own user bases, which is not going to change. Both brands will continue to operate independently, serving their customers and improving their own products.
The merger will allow Nord Security and Surfshark to consolidate their resources in reaching mutual goals and innovate within the cybersecurity industry. This synergy will aid in the fight against online threats and create a better experience for users.
Nord Security joins forces with Surfshark
Nord Security and Surfshark finalized a merger deal aimed at enhancing their position in the digital security and privacy protection industries.
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NordVPN and Surfshark are merging, continuing VPN consolidation trend
Details of the transaction were not disclosed but the companies will continue to operate autonomously, according to a joint press release.
Attila Tomaschek
Attila is a Staff Writer for CNET, covering software, apps and services with a focus on virtual private networks. He is an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, BBC News, HuffPost, Wired and TechRepublic. When not tapping away on his laptop, Attila enjoys spending time with his family, reading and collecting guitars.
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Attila Tomaschek
Feb. 2, 2022 2:00 a.m. PT
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NordVPN and Surfshark have finalized a merger agreement between the two VPN providers, the companies announced Wednesday. Though the specifics of the transaction aren’t being released, the finalized merger agreement follows months of negotiations between the two companies that began in mid-2021, according to a joint press release issued by Surfshark and Nord Security, NordVPN’s parent company.
Surfshark and NordVPN had been rivals in the ultra-competitive market for VPNs (virtual private networks) prior to the merger, but are now joining forces to “solidify both companies’ offerings in different market segments and diversify the geographical reach,” according to the press release. More consumers have turned to VPNs in recent years to counter increasingly invasive digital tracking from search engines, ISPs and advertisers, as well as to circumvent local content restrictions and censorship.
But the merger of two of the industry’s top names — both of which have long been among CNET’s top VPN picks — highlights the continued trend of consolidation in the VPN industry , which finds more brands under the umbrella of just three big companies — Kape Technologies , Tesonet and Ziff Davis — making it more important than ever to understand which entities are ultimately controlling the data sharing and privacy policies that underpin VPNs.
The merger announcement follows the news just days ago that Surfshark was developed with the help of Tesonet , the same Lithuanian business incubator that helped NordVPN in its early days. While the Tesonet-NordVPN relationship was already known, the ties between Tesonet and Surfshark had been previously undisclosed. That changed last week after a report at Lithuanian news site Verslo žinios.
Responding to that report, Surfshark’s communications head Dominykas Dimavičius said “. Surfshark wasn’t developed with NordVPN as it’s a completely different company. Even though we operate from the same country, NordVPN is our competitor.” The news of the merger turns that statement on its head, though the companies will continue operating autonomously and “rely on separate infrastructure and product roadmaps,” according to the press release.
When asked about how the merger affects the companies’ respective data and privacy policies, Dimavičius told CNET that Surfshark is “legally bound not to share any information between the entities that would go against our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy, therefore we have no plans in doing so without notifying our customers in advance.”
Surfshark CEO and founder Vytautas Kaziukonis said that consolidation in the market is a sign of the industry’s maturity, but acknowledges there are challenges ahead. “Nord Security and Surfshark joining forces will set the ground to scale in different digital security dimensions, which is necessary to meet the growing requirements of our customers.”
Meanwhile, Tesonet and Nord Security co-founder Tom Okman hopes the merger will help establish the companies as an “internet security powerhouse.”
“The increasing complexity of cybersecurity and digital privacy is a growing challenge worldwide. We believe that this industry requires radical simplification and ease of access, both for consumers and businesses,” said Okman.
Still, for consumers, the ongoing consolidation means an increasingly smaller number of companies ultimately have access to and control of your data — no-logging policies notwithstanding — not to mention a decreased motivation for competitive pricing. Surfshark had a well-earned reputation of delivering a comparable experience to Nord at a lower cost. It will be interesting to see how the pricing and data policies look in the months ahead, once both brands are rolling into the same balance sheet.