Tysons, VA – February 19, 2025: Ridgeline International, a leader in data privacy and secure infrastructure solutions, announced today its intent to acquire System High Corporation, a leading provider of proactive protection and digital signature management solutions. Ridgeline CEO Erik Wittreich will oversee this next phase of innovation and growth. The transaction is expected to close in March, subject to customary closing conditions. Both companies are backed by Enlightenment Capital.
This strategic combination creates a scaled provider of high-end security solutions to protect our nation’s most critical operations, weapons platforms, and intelligence missions. The combined company will deliver broad-spectrum, multi-domain capabilities to address mission-critical challenges in information security, managed attribution, data privacy, identity management, data loss prevention, and physical and personnel protection.
“The combination of our companies represents a shared commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and mission success,” said Erik Wittreich, CEO of Ridgeline. “By uniting Ridgeline’s cutting-edge data privacy and managed attribution capabilities with System High’s robust protection framework, we are equipping our customers to safeguard their missions from every angle.”
“Ridgeline and System High share a deep commitment to enabling mission success for our customers,” said Sarah Lord, President of System High. “This new partnership allows us to amplify our impact across the industry and provide even more comprehensive solutions to meet our customers’ toughest security challenges.”
About Ridgeline International
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tysons, VA, Ridgeline provides proprietary intelligence and cyber technology solutions to control data, protect against technical surveillance, secure communications, and manage digital signatures for the IC and DoD. For more information, visit https://www.ridgelineintl.com/ and follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/ridgelineintl/.
About System High
System High Corporation provides high-end solutions for some of the nation’s most sensitive activities and has become a leading provider and integrator of global protection and security engineering services. System High’s reputation of succeeding where others have failed is a direct result of bringing together and delivering the most innovative, critical-thinking professionals to solve the most complex security challenges across both government and commercial sectors. For more information, visit www.systemhigh.com.
About Enlightenment Capital
Enlightenment Capital, a Washington, DC area based private investment firm, makes control and strategic, non-control investments in middle market companies in the Aerospace, Defense, Government & Technology (ADG&T) sector. The firm partners with businesses that provide vital services, protect critical infrastructure, innovate cyber and data solutions, enhance decision making capabilities, engineer aerospace and space systems, safeguard national security, and endeavor to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. For more information, visit www.enlightenment-cap.com and follow us at www.linkedin.com/company/enlightenment-capital.