There are programs for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, and tvOS that are available for use with the Lithuanian VPN service known as NordVPN.There is the option to manually configure wireless routers, network attached storage devices, and other platforms.
In the beginning, the Lithuanian startup accelerator and business incubator Tesonet provided assistance to NordVPN, which was established by Nord Security, previously known as Nordsec Ltd., a firm that specializes in the development of software for maintaining cybersecurity.
In spite of the fact that NordVPN claims to be based in Panama, Nord Security was founded in Amsterdam, which is located in the Netherlands. The nations of Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Panama, and the Netherlands are home to its locations of offices.
One of the founding members of NordVPN was Tomas Okmanas, who was one of a group of boyhood friends that started the company in 2012.
Late in the month of May 2016, it introduced an application for Android, and then in June of the same year, it released an application for iOS.In October of 2017, it introduced a browser extension that was compatible with Google Chrome.Apps for Android TV were released by the service in 2018, while apps for tvOS were released in 2023.Between September 2023 and September 2024, NordVPN had 5,600 servers operating in 59 different countries.
In March of 2019, it was claimed that Russian authorities had issued an order to NordVPN, instructing the company to join a state-sponsored register of blocked websites. This would prevent Russian users of NordVPN from evading official censorship.
According to reports, NordVPN was given one month to comply or risk having its services being blocked by Russian authorities.A refusal to comply with the order was made by the provider, which resulted in the shutdown of its Russian servers on April 1. A consequence of this is that NordVPN continues to function in Russia; nevertheless, its Russian customers do not have access to any of the local servers.
The Virtual Private Network (VPN) service NordVPN Teams was introduced in September 2019, and it is designed to meet the requirements of small and medium-sized organizations, remote teams, and freelancers that want secure access to work resources.
Afterwards, after two years, NordVPN Teams changed their name to NordLayer and shifted their focus to SASE business solutions.According to the sources in the press, one of the most important aspects of the rebranding was the increase in the market for SASE technology.
On October 29, 2019, NordVPN made an announcement about more audits as well as a public bug bounty project.The bug bounty program was initiated in December of 2019, and it provides researchers with monetary prizes for reporting serious weaknesses in the service.
In the month of December 2019, NordVPN became one of the five founding members of the VPN Trust Initiative, which was recently established. The initiative has made a commitment to promoting online security as well as increased self-regulation and transparency within the trade.
Security, privacy, advertising practices, disclosure and openness, and social responsibility were mentioned as the five primary areas of concentration that the effort will be concentrating on in the year 2020.Troy Hunt, an Australian digital security expert and the creator of Have I Been Pwned?, made the announcement in August 2020 that he would be partnering with NordVPN as a strategic adviser inside the company.
According to what Hunt said on his blog, the purpose of this position is to "work with NordVPN on their tools and messaging with the goal of assisting them in making a great product even better."In response to the decision issued by the CERT-In in 2022, which required virtual private network (VPN) firms to preserve the personal information of their customers for a period of five years, NordVPN shut down its physical servers in India.
In April of 2022, Nord Security, the parent company of NordVPN, successfully secured one hundred million dollars via a funding round that was headed by Novator. There was a value of $1.6 billion placed on the firm.As a result of the company's expansion and subsequent fundraising, its market value increased to $3 billion in September of 2023.
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