Sectra Communications AB
Sectra is an internationally recognized supplier of products for secure voice and data communications to government and defense customers. Sectra’s security solution for TETRA communications ensures a secure and efficient cooperation for public safety org
Our History
Sectra's history dates back to 1978, when a group of researchers at the Linköping Institute of Technology were assigned the task of creating a security solution for banks. Professor Ingemar Ingemarsson started Sectra (SECure TRAnsmission) together with his three doctoral students, Viiveke Fåk, Rolf Blom and Robert Forchheimer, to take on the assignment.
Consulting work to product development
A few years later Jan-Olof Brüer earned his doctorate in information theory, with Professor Ingemarsson as his advisor. Dr. Brüer was recruited to Sectra and subsequently proposed new ideas about how to transform Sectra into a “proper” company.
“The founders had a good laugh at what we then saw as his dreams. But now I see that those visions have been exceeded,” says Professor Ingemarsson.
Dr. Brüer was hired as Sectra's President. The company changed its emphasis under his leadership, making the transition to selling products and system solutions in the areas of data security, digital radio and image coding. This new strategic orientation marked the beginning of Sectra's expansion phase.
“We founders were academics and researchers within the information technology field. The smartest decision we ever made was to bring in knowledgeable business-oriented people,” says Professor Fåk.
Defense security
After spending its initial years working for bank customers, in the 1980s the company began focusing on the customers that have the most stringent requirements of all in terms of security.
“We succeeded in landing a defense order for a new crypto chip as early as 1987. That turned out to be the start of our focus on security products for defense and government agency customers,” says Sectra's President and CEO Jan-Olof Brüer.
Sectra has been the market leader in encryption equipment for the Swedish Defense since the mid-1990s, and today the company's products are used by civil authorities and defense forces in several European countries.
CONTACT
| Address | Teknikring 20, SE-583 30 |
| City | Linköping |
| Country | Sweden |
| Telephone | +46 13 23 52 00 |
| info.security@sectra.com | |
| Website | Go to website |
