NCC : invests £1m in new UK Security Operations Centre

Global information assurance specialist, NCC Group, has invested more than £1 million in a new state-of-the-art UK cyber security operations centre (SOC).

The new SOC - which will provide cyber security monitoring and defence 24 hours per day, 365 days a year to NCC Group's clients - further increases the Group's managed services capacity. Based in Leeds, the SOC is home to around 40 full-time employees providing a range of monitoring, response and investigation services.

Lee Driver, Director of Security Operations, said: 'Cyber incidents, both internal and external in origination, continue to increase in volume and sophistication to the point that they now make the headlines on an almost daily basis.

'It's important that organisations not only maintain traditional security controls, but continue to evolve their ability to rapidly detect and respond to threats and this investment shows our commitment to helping our customers address their cyber security resilience challenges with a unique and deep specialism.'

In addition to including traditional protective monitoring and investigation capabilities, the SOC and its portfolio of managed services offers a unique integration of leading commercial security technologies coupled with NCC Group research and threat intelligence to provide a powerful capability to UK and international clients.

NCC Group also has another SOC in the Netherlands as a result of its recent acquisition of Fox-IT.

Published date: 13 January 2016