Dencrypt provides encrypted voice, video, messaging and data communications across standard smartphones, tablets and computers without requiring specialised communications hardware. Its technology operates over commercial mobile networks, public Wi-Fi and satellite connections while allowing users to retain control over sensitive information.
Terma plans to combine Dencrypt’s cryptographic expertise with its industrial capabilities, international presence and defence-sector relationships. The companies aim to further develop the technology into a sovereign secure communications capability developed and controlled in Denmark.
“Modern defense depends on trusted information. Every advance in sensors, AI and situational awareness increases the value of data, but that value is only realized when information can be shared securely,” said Henriette H. Thygesen, CEO of Terma.
“Dencrypt represents strong cryptographic expertise and encryption technology developed in Denmark. By bringing Dencrypt into Terma, we are strengthening our ability to deliver sovereign technologies that help defense organizations, governments and trusted partners protect critical information and operate securely,” Thygesen said.
“Our ambition is not only to preserve this unique capability, but to invest in it, strengthen it and make it available to Denmark, our allies and trusted partners around the world,” Thygesen said. Terma said the acquisition comes amid growing government demand for sovereign control over technologies used to protect military and national-security information.
Dencrypt was founded on cryptographic research at the Technical University of Denmark and has spent more than a decade developing communications technology for organisations with high security requirements. Its patented Dynamic Encryption technology is certified to Common Criteria EAL4+, while its solutions also hold NATO and national security accreditations.
“Since founding Dencrypt, our ambition has been to give organizations with the highest security requirements full confidence that their communications remain protected and under their control. Joining Terma gives us the opportunity to accelerate that journey by combining our technology with Terma’s scale, industrial capabilities and international reach,” said Christian Jul Jensen, CEO of Dencrypt.
“Together, we have the opportunity to further develop market leading sovereign secure communications capabilities for defense organizations, governments and critical infrastructure operators,” Jensen said. Dencrypt is headquartered in Denmark, with offices in Brøndby and Aalborg.
Terma said the acquisition would expand its portfolio of sovereign technologies and strengthen its role as a European defence technology company and systems integrator. The transaction would also broaden its secure communications offering for defence, government and critical infrastructure users operating across increasingly digital and interconnected environments.
