Identity Management at the Core of Recent M&A Activity Compliance DougOlenick) • April 20, 2021 Get Permission Identity management was the focus of three acquisitions announced in the last several days by Mastercard, Entrust and Keyfactor. Payment card company Mastercard on Monday announced an $850 million deal to acquire the digital identity verification firm Ekata. On the same day, Entrust reported that it had closed a deal to buy the identification firm WorldReach Software for an undisclosed sum. In addition, public key infrastructure-as-a-service provider Keyfactor said on Thursday that the company would use a portion of the $125 million in new funding it recently obtained to acquire fellow PKI security firm PrimeKey.