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Platform·Aerospace & Defense/Defense Manufacturing·July 27, 2026

Carlyle adds NSA encryption platform with Secturion Systems

The company’s high-speed encryptors carry the NSA’s Type 1 certification and are deployed to secure top-secret data in U.S. defense and intelligence operations.

Takeaways

  • Secturion Systems is a provider of high-speed NSA Type 1-certified hardware encryption solutions for classified data.
  • Carlyle is acquiring Secturion Systems.
  • The business serves government and defense.
BuyerCarlyle
TargetSecturion Systems
SponsorCarlyle
TypePlatform
IndustryAerospace & Defense
Sub-sectorDefense Manufacturing

Carlyle has formed a platform in high-assurance encryption with the acquisition of Secturion Systems, a provider of NSA Type 1-certified hardware encryptors used by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies to secure top-secret data.

Secturion’s devices carry the NSA’s highest certification and protect classified communications in mission-critical environments.

The deal provides Carlyle an entry point into the high-assurance encryption market, a sector that underpins secure communications for government and defense missions.