Data Encryption Systems - About Us

Data Encryption Systems is a worldwide supplier of software protection devices, ensuring that software is protected against unlicensed use, whilst safeguarding against illicit data usage. Also a global player in the data security arena, Data Encryption Systems provides its customers with transparent and seamless data security, permission and access rights to files, data and emails as well as encryption of removable media and full disk encryption. Additionally, the company undertakes highly confidential bespoke development work for major corporations with specific custom security requirements.

Established in 1985, and with the systems and methods employed by the company having their origins within GCHQ, early systems were used by the UK Government to provide secure communications channels.

For almost 20 years Data Encryption Systems has marketed the DESkey range of software protection devices, allowing software vendors the most secure and flexible means to protect their software from piracy. The technology behind these devices is constantly updated with the latest offering allowing the protection of embedded system code or control, logging or monitoring software, effectively allowing users to embed a fully featured 'dongle' into an electronic system.

Back in the early days of the company, a growing demand for system design and development services saw DES become the first software security supplier to achieve ISO9001 accreditation, thus confirming the company's high standards through all aspects of the design and development process. A standard DES has held ever since.

The introduction of DESlock+ took DES into the wider data protection market. DESlock+ helps individuals and organisations to protect against all types of data breach by offering simple, yet extremely powerful granular encryption for documents, folders and emails, aswell as encryption of removable storage devices and full disk encryption.

Data Encryption systems continues to prove it's high standards with DESlock+, a CCTM accredited product - enabling it to be used within the MoD, Central Government and the UK public sector - and has also been certified as FIPS 140-2 compliant (Federal Information Processing Standard) and is validated by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in the USA and the CSE (Communications Security Establishment) in Canada. This standard confirms that DESlock+ meets industry and regulatory standards.

With over 20 years experience in the sector, DES is a pure player in the market, offering best of breed technology at a reasonable price. A growing, independent British security firm, DES has the ability to tailor its offering to fit business needs, so they can listen and respond to customer requests and suggestions. DES is a company that makes things happen.