- published: 26 Sep 2013
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Detica is an international business and technology consulting firm owned by BAE Systems. It specialises in collecting, managing and exploiting information to reveal actionable intelligence. Its areas of expertise are information exploitation, security and resilience, fraud containment, threat intelligence and customer insight.
The name Detica comes from the Greek-derived word eidetic, suggesting clear vision.
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. In 2003 the Company acquired Rubus, an IT services business. It went on to launch Streamshield, an internet security product, in 2004. In 2005 Detica acquired Extraprise UK, a systems integrator. In 2006 it went on to buy Evolution (a consultancy), Inforenz (a computer forensics business) and m.a. partners (a consultancy serving the capital markets) and in 2007 it acquired DFI International (a consultancy serving the US National Security sector).