Investment in cyber security services consultancy includes new security operations centre
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Ian Brown, Integrity360
Integrity360 has acquired Cresco, a well-established and highly regarded cyber security services company operating out of Brussels in Belgium. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will enable Integrity360 to expand further into continental Europe and provides additional skilled resources to its existing substantial offensive security, cyber security consulting and compliance capability.
Cresco, founded in 2020, is a cyber security services consultancy and serves customers throughout Belgium and Luxembourg. It operates out of two offices in Belgium with a team of more than 30 people from which it provides services to a wide range of customers including organisations in the financial, insurance, communications, healthcare, energy and government sectors.
Cresco is most well-known for its ethical hacking and offensive security expertise where it delivers a full suite of assessment and penetration test services including red teaming and social engineering. In addition, Cresco provides cyber security consultancy and governance, risk and compliance services including gap assessments and implementation plans for leading cyber frameworks such as NIS2. It also provides employee awareness and training services including phishing simulations and education services for internal IT teams and to improve overall employee awareness of cyber threats. Cresco is also an active supporter of regional cyber communities including BeHack a Belgium based ethical hacking community focused on learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration across the region
Integrity360 will invest in Cresco for it to become a regional services hub for the group for the whole Benelux region providing the full suite of cyber security services, including the addition of a new security operations centre in Brussels.
Ian Brown, executive chairman at Integrity360 (pictured) said: “We are super excited to be welcoming Youssef, Clement and Guillaume, and the entire Cresco team to Integrity360. The innovative, refreshing and dynamic approach they have brought to cyber security services most notably in offensive security since their formation in 2020 is highly impressive. We are looking forward to helping them provide an enhanced set of services to their customers and expanding further in the Benelux market over the coming years.”
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