NCP Engineering

NCP engineering
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation technology
Founded1986
Headquarters
Nuremberg
,
Germany
Key people
  • Peter Soell (managing director)
  • Patrick Oliver Graf (managing director)
Number of employees
50+
SubsidiariesNCP engineering, Inc., Clearwater, Florida, USA
Websitencp-e.com

NCP engineering is a Nuremberg-based company producing software for remote access, industrial internet of things security and information security. NCP's products use virtual private network (VPN) and other technologies like encryption, personal firewalls and electronic certificates in a public key infrastructure (PKI) to secure data communication.

NCP has made its IPsec VPN client compatible with the Windows 10, Windows 11, iOS, macOS, Linux and Android operating systems.

Name

NCP is the abbreviation of "Network Communications Products".

History

In 2007, NCP partnered with WatchGuard Technologies.

In January 2010, NCP established a North American affiliate, NCP engineering, Inc.

In February 2010, NCP engineering was awarded US Patent 8811397 B2 for a "System and method for data communication between a user terminal and a gateway via a network node".

NCP engineering has been involved in the ESUKOM project for the development of real-time security in mobile device environments that protect corporate networks since 2010.

Juniper Networks and NCP engineering began a partnership in 2011 and intensified their collaboration in 2017 with an exclusive technology partnership.

References

  1. ↑ Kohlen, Manfred (9 September 2013). "NCP engineering optimiert Android-VPN-Lösungen". ITespresso.de. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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  3. 1 2 Patrizio, Andy (7 June 2016). "IoT Security Issues: How to Secure the Network". Datamation. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Universal IPSec VPN client for Android 4.0". Heinz Heise. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "NCP stellt VPN-Client für iOS 9 und iOS 10 vor". ZDNet (in German). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ajoomal Asociados firma un acuerdo de distribución con NCP engineering". MuyCanal. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Narcisi, Gina. "NCP Android IPsec VPN client promotes universal communications". TechTarget. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sicher in Verbindung bleiben" (in German). IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken. June 2024.
  9. ↑ Grant, Ian. "NCP to double client base with Watchguard tie-up". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Patent US8811397 - System and method for data communication between a user terminal and a ... - Google Patentsuche". Google Patentsuche (search). Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "ESUKOM". www.esukom.de. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "ESUKOM Demo: Automated Mobile Security". Trusted Computing Group. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "NCP engineering announced alliance with Juniper Networks, Inc.(NYSE:JNPR) to enable secure VPN remote access solution". www.benchmarkmonitor.com. Retrieved 30 March 2017.