Profile

OneSpan is a publicly traded cybersecurity technology company based in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Montreal, Brussels and Zurich. The company offers a cloud-based and open architected anti-fraud platform and is historically known for its multi-factor authentication and electronic signature software. It was founded by T. Kendall Hunt in 1991 and held its initial public offering in January 2000. OneSpan is a member of the FIDO Alliance Board. In 1984, T. Kendall Hunt founded Vasco as a consulting and software services company for corporate and governmental agencies. The company acquired ThumbScan, which claimed to have the first fingerprint reader device for a computer, in 1991. It was renamed Vasco Data Security International by 1993 and expanded its offerings to include data security. Vasco was incorporated in 1997 and held its initial public offering in January 2000.