PKWare

PKWARE, Inc
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded1986 (1986)
FounderPhil Katz
Headquarters
201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Ste. 400, Milwaukee, WI
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Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Spencer Kupferman (CEO), Tonya Cannady (CRO), Jason Dobbs (COO)
Products
Brands
  • PK Protect
  • PK Masking
  • PK Privacy
  • PK Classification
  • PK Encryption
  • PK Discovery
  • SecureZip
  • PKZip
ParentThompson Street Capital Partners (since 2020)
Websitewww.pkware.com

PKWARE, Inc. is an American enterprise data protection software company that provides discovery, classification, masking and encryption software, along with data compression software. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. PKWARE was founded in 1986 by Phil Katz, co-inventor of the ZIP standard. Thompson Street Capital Partners acquired PKWARE Inc. in 2020.