Pulse Secure, LLC

Pulse Secure, LLC was a provider of secure access and mobile security solutions, headquartered in San Jose, California. The company was formed in 2014 after Siris Capital Group acquired the Junos Pulse business from Juniper Networks. Prior to being acquired, Pulse Secure was a private company with approximately 750 employees. In a deal announced in September 2020 and closed on December 1, 2020, Pulse Secure was acquired by Ivanti, Inc., a private IT and security software company backed by Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates.

As an operating company, Pulse Secure developed and sold products that enabled secure connectivity for mobile workforces. Its primary product lines included virtual private network (VPN), network access control (NAC), and mobile security solutions. Key offerings were Pulse Connect Secure (a mobile VPN), Pulse Policy Secure (a NAC solution), and the Pulse Secure Client for endpoint access. These products were sold to enterprises and service providers to allow employees to securely connect to corporate networks and applications from any device. Following the acquisition, these products were integrated into Ivanti’s portfolio and rebranded, such as Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure.

Pulse Secure's patent litigation history consists of defending its products against infringement claims. The company has been a defendant in one tracked case and has not appeared as a plaintiff, a posture typical of an operating company targeted by a patent-holding entity. The single case, Network Security Technologies, LLC v. Pulse Secure, LLC, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 2017. The plaintiff, Network Security Technologies, LLC, fits the profile of a non-practicing entity (NPE) that acquires patents in order to assert them against technology companies.