# SecureKey Avast * [SecureKey looks to the future by joining Avast](https://securekey.com/securekey-looks-to-the-future-by-joining-avast/) * [Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy, announced the acquisition of SecureKey](https://securekey.com/?securekey_pr%3Davast-to-acquire-securekey-technologies). Our expertise combined with the maturity and scalability of our services will allow our Canadian success story to expand globally and provide people around the world with safe and accessible means of authenticating their identities online while cementing SecureKey as a key provider of digital identity solutions. * [Secure Key](https://www.youtube.com/user/SecureKeyTech) - Trust Block * [Avast’s Charlie Walton wants you to Bring Your Own Identity](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202205/avasts-charlie-walton-wants-you-to-bring-your-own-identity) Biometric Update What was a European security company doing buying a U.S.-based decentralized digital identity technology company? Could Avast bring the dream of decentralized identity to the masses? I sat down with Avast’s Senior Vice President and General Manager of Identity Charlie Walton to find out. * [NortonLifeLock and Avast Merger Provisionally Approved](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nortonlifelock-and-avast-merger-provisionally-approved-301600277.html) PNNewswire * [UK provisionally approves $8.1B NortonLifeLock-Avast merger, citing competition from Microsoft](https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/03/u-k-provisionally-approves-8-1b-nortonlifelock-avast-merger-citing-competition-from-microsoft/) TechCrunch