{{Short description|Defence and security technology company}} {{buzzword|date=August 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = BAE Systems Digital Intelligence | logo = BAE Systems logo.svg | logo_size = 175px | type = Private | former_name = BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, BAE Systems Detica and Detica | foundation = 1971 | location = Guildford, Surrey, UK | key_people = Andrea Thompson (Group Managing Director) | industry = Software | num_employees = 4,500 (2024) | products = Azalea, DataRetain, DataBridge, Cross Domain, IntelligenceReveal | parent = BAE Systems | homepage = {{URL|baesystems.com/digital}} }}

'''BAE Systems Digital Intelligence''' (formerly '''Detica''', then '''BAE Systems Applied Intelligence''') is a British defence and security technology firm owned by BAE Systems. Its products include software for cybersecurity, surveillance and data analysis.

==History==

The business was founded in 1971 as '''Smith Associates''', carrying out research on defence matters for the UK Government. It was incorporated in 1977 and renamed Detica in 2001. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/cybersecurity/about-us/our-history |title=Our History |publisher=BAE Systems |date=n.d. |access-date=2021-04-11 }}</ref>

In 2003 Detica acquired ''Rubus'', an information technology services company. It went on to launch ''Streamshield'', an internet security software product, in 2004. In 2005 Detica acquired ''Extraprise'' UK, a systems integrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferencepage.com/mcndirect/issues2005/mcndirect110405.asp |title=Detica acquires CRM specialist |publisher=Conferencepage.com |date=2005-04-11 |access-date=2013-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216121614/http://www.conferencepage.com/mcndirect/issues2005/mcndirect110405.asp |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> In 2006 it bought the consultancy ''Evolution'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferencepage.com/mcndirect/issues2005/mcndirect051205.asp |title=Detica buys Evolution Consulting |publisher=Conferencepage.com |date=2005-12-05 |access-date=2013-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216121622/http://www.conferencepage.com/mcndirect/issues2005/mcndirect051205.asp |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> the computer forensics business ''Inforenz'' and a financial service consultancy ''M.A. Partners''. In 2007 it acquired the US homeland security consultancy ''DFI International''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20070605/ai_n19199082/pg_1 |title=Detica is a star performer |publisher=Findarticles.com |date= |access-date=2013-08-30}}</ref>

In July 2008, prospects of a bidding war for Detica emerged after BAE Systems made an informal offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/36eb441a-5500-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658 |title= UK - BAE offer for Detica could spark bid war |publisher=Ft.com |date=2008-07-18 |access-date=2013-08-30}}</ref> On 28 July 2008 the board of Detica and BAE Systems announced that the latter had made a formal cash offer of £9.40 for all issued and to-be-issued share capital. After acquiring over 92% of outstanding shares with shareholder approval, BAE declared its offer for Detica unconditional on 25 September 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/09/25/afx5469083.html |title=BAE Systems declares Detica offer wholly unconditional |work=Forbes |date=25 September 2008 |agency= AFX News |access-date= 2008-10-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604014010/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/09/25/afx5469083.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref>

In 2010, BAE Systems acquired ''Stratsec'', the largest cyber security consultancy in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_026237/bae-systems-expands-global-cyber-security-capability-with-acquisition-of-stratsecnet-pty-ltd?_afrLoop=194806899147000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D194806899147000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dn57sv3gsy_4|title=Stratsec|publisher= |date= |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref> In 2011, BAE Systems acquired the Irish Norkom Technologies, a financial crime and financial compliance software maker,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deticanetreveal.com/en/solutions/20-detica-netreveal-and-norkom-technologies.html |title=Norkom |publisher=Deticanetreveal.com |date= |access-date=2013-08-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121104444/http://www.deticanetreveal.com/en/solutions/20-detica-netreveal-and-norkom-technologies.html |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Danish cyber and intelligence company ''ETI/AS'', which previously helped law enforcement and telecommunication providers in data-crime investigations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deticanetreveal.com/en/knowledge-centre/news/item/bae-systems-detica.html |title=ETI acquisition |publisher=Deticanetreveal.com |date=2011-03-21 |access-date=2013-08-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122084702/http://www.deticanetreveal.com/en/knowledge-centre/news/item/bae-systems-detica.html |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013 it won an 8-year UK government service contract for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and partnered with Vodafone for smartphone and tablet security services.

On 1 February 2014, BAE Systems Detica was renamed BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to reflect its ambitions for more global growth across its "Applied Intelligence portfolio".<ref>{{cite web |title= BAE Systems Detica repositions as BAE Systems Applied Intelligence |date= 22 January 2014 |url= https://www.baesystemsdetica.com/news/bae-systems-detica-repositions-as-bae-systems-applied-intelligence/ |publisher= BAE Systems |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140209043341/https://www.baesystemsdetica.com/news/bae-systems-detica-repositions-as-bae-systems-applied-intelligence/ |archive-date= 9 February 2014 }}</ref>

In October 2014, Kevin Taylor was appointed as managing director, following Martin Sutherland's departure to De La Rue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_177109/bae-systems-appoints-kevin-taylor-as-managing-director-of-applied-intelligence|publisher=BAE Systems|title=BAE SYSTEMS APPOINTS KEVIN TAYLOR AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF APPLIED INTELLIGENCE|date=2014-10-08|access-date=2014-11-08}}</ref>

In December 2014, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence acquired Perimeter Internetworking Corp., trading as SilverSky, a commercial cyber services provider.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baesystems.com/who-we-are-rai/our-history?_adf.ctrl-state=aosjlzhz8_286&_afrLoop=477123672441000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=aosjlzhz8_283#!|title=BAE Systems Applied Intelligence history|publisher=BAEsystems|date=n.d.}}</ref>

In May 2017, Julian Cracknell took over from Kevin Taylor as managing director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baesystems.com/en/cybersecurity/about-us/management-team/julian-cracknell|publisher=BAE Systems|title=Julian Cracknell}}</ref>

In June 2017, an investigation by the BBC and the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information showed that BAE Systems Applied Intelligence had been selling a mass surveillance technology called Evident to the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Morocco and Algeria.<ref name=BBC20170615>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40276568 |title = BAE sold surveillance tools to Arab states|work = BBC News|date = 15 June 2017}}</ref> An anonymous former employee of ETI, the Danish company which developed Evident and was bought by BAE Systems in 2011, told the BBC: "[With Evident,] you'd be able to intercept any internet traffic. If you wanted to do a whole country, you could. You could pin-point people's location based on cellular data. You could follow people around. They were quite far ahead with voice recognition. They were capable of decrypting stuff as well."<ref name="BBC20170615" /> As the countries this equipment was sold to have poor human-rights records, there was criticism of the sales from campaign groups like Campaign Against Arms Trade and Privacy International.<ref name="BBC20170615" /> In response to the accusations, BAE Systems claimed: ""BAE systems works for a number of organisations around the world within the regulatory framework of all relevant countries and within our responsible trading principles."{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

During the Danish Business Authority's processing of the company's application to be allowed to export to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar, it asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assess whether there was a risk of the product being used for human rights violations, as required by EU law, to which the full response was, each time, "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finds no reason to object to the attached application".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.information.dk/indland/2017/06/danmark-tillod-salg-teknologi-kan-overvaage-hel-befolkning-verdens-mest-undertrykkende-regimer-saudi-arabien|title= Danmark tillod salg af teknologi, der kan overvåge en hel befolkning, til et af verdens mest undertrykkende regimer: Saudi-Arabien|date=15 June 2017|access-date=19 October 2019|first1=Lasse Skou|last1=Andersen|first2=Sebastian|last2=Gjerding|work=Dagbladet Information}}</ref>

In February 2022, BAE Systems has formed a new Digital Intelligence business, bringing together digital, data and cyber capabilities from across the company (including the Applied Intelligence, CORDA and Defence Information business units and recently acquired In-Space Missions, PPM and TechModal), with the aim of delivering a greater digital advantage to its customers and partners.<ref>{{cite news |title=BAE Systems launches Digital Intelligence business |url=https://www.adsadvance.co.uk/bae-systems-launches-digital-intelligence-business.html |access-date=18 August 2022 |publisher=www.adsadvance.co.uk}}</ref>

On 12 July 2022 the company announced that its financial services business, which includes its flagship NetReveal® financial crime detection solution, was sold to enterprise AI SaaS company SymphonyAI. The sale completed on 31 October 2022.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netreveal-acquisition-by-symphonyai-launches-a-new-leader-in-financial-crime-prevention-solutions-market-301663061.html#:~:text=PALO%20ALTO%2C%20Calif.%20and%20LONDON,first%20announced%20in%20July%202021. |title=NetReveal® Acquisition by SymphonyAI Launches a New Leader in Financial Crime Prevention Solutions Market |publisher=PR Newswire |access-date=2022-11-08 }}</ref>

On 31 October 2023, the company announced the acquisition of Eurostep, a secure data sharing company headquartered in Sweden who will deliver advanced digital asset management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAE Systems acquires Eurostep to deliver advanced digital asset management |url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/bae-systems-acquires-eurostep |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=www.baesystems.com}}</ref>

==Operations== The company has four specialist areas of expertise: cyber security, data and digital solutions, space systems and battlespace integration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baesystems.com/who-we-are-rai/at-a-glance?_afrLoop=333289766511000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=ci9mt2qms_1|publisher=BAE systems|title=Who We Are &ndash; At A Glance &ndash; Applied Intelligence|date=n.d.|access-date=2014-03-10}}</ref>

==Offices== The company head office is in Guildford in the United Kingdom, with branch offices in 19 countries across Europe, North America, Australia, and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/cybersecurity/about-us/global-offices|publisher=BAE systems|title=Global Offices|access-date=2018-04-12}}</ref> The business operates in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

{{BAE Systems}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.baesystems.com/en/cybersecurity/home Homepage]

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