AUTH on NASDAQ

AuthenTec

Logo: AuthenTec, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Former company; now subsidiary of Apple, Inc.

AuthenTec, Inc. was a semiconductor, computer security, mobile security, identity management, biometrics, and touch control solutions company based in Melbourne, Florida.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Price unavailable

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

Compare with another stock.

  • TickerAUTH on NASDAQ1
  • Industrysemiconductor industry1
  • HeadquartersMelbourne1
  • Websiteauthentec.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address100 Rialto Road, Suite 100, Melbourne, Fl 329015
  • Filer categoryLarge Accelerated5

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

AuthenTec, Inc. was a semiconductor, computer security, mobile security, identity management, biometrics, and touch control solutions company based in Melbourne, Florida. Founded in 1998 after being spun off from Harris Semiconductor, AuthenTec provided mobile security software licenses to mobile manufacturing companies, and biometrics sensor technology, such as fingerprint sensors and NFC technology to mobile and computer manufacturers. On 27 July 2012, AuthenTec was acquired by Apple Inc. for $356 million.3

The story

In 1998, AuthenTec was spun off from parent company Harris Semiconductor, and in June 2007 became a publicly traded company.

In 2008, AuthenTec acquired EzValidation. Then in 2009, AuthenTec acquired Atrua Technologies for $5m. In 2010, AuthenTec acquired SafeNet's Embedded Security Solutions division and merged with UPEK.

On 2 August 2011, AuthenTec began collaborating with NXP Semiconductors and mobile payment software firm DeviceFidelity to provide a combination of wireless chips, sensors, mobile applications and micro-SD cards to manufacturers and mobile network carriers of Android devices to support NFC mobile payments and transportation check-ins.

AuthenTec was acquired by Apple Inc. for $356M on 27 July 2012.

From Wikipedia’s article on AuthenTec, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Products and brands

TruePrint smart sensors

TrueSuite identity management software

TrueProtect embedded security products (formerly SafeNet Embedded Security Solutions)

Touch ID

From Wikipedia’s article on AuthenTec, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6