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NCC Group signs three-year
Project Clover contract extension with TikTok
NCC Group, a people-powered,
tech-enabled global cyber security business, has signed a
three-year contract with TikTok to extend and enhance its role as
independent security provider to Project Clover - a comprehensive
programme delivering enhanced and innovative data security measures
and standards for TikTok's European users' data.
· Three-year contract signed following a highly successful first
year of delivery on Project Clover, TikTok's European enhanced data
security programme - protecting 175 million TikTok users across the
European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom.
· Project Clover sees TikTok investing €12 billion in European data security over ten years,
setting a 'gold standard' for data security
and, going above and beyond regulatory requirements and the
measures of industry peers.
· 'Gold
standard' measures pave the way for industry and peers to follow
Project Clover's lead and increase European data security measures
across the continent.
· Over
the next three years, NCC Group will continue to assure, monitor
and enhance the privacy and security of TikTok's European user
data.
· NCC
Group is testing TikTok's cutting edge solutions to protect
TikTok's users including advanced Privacy Enhancing Technologies
(PETs).
Stephen Bailey, Global Director
of Privacy, NCC Group, commented:
"Project Clover is setting a new gold
standard for data privacy and security. The innovative work that
NCC Group is delivering today will form a blueprint for industry
peers and regulators for years to come. Rarely does a company of
TikTok's scale hand this level of responsibility, access and
independence to a third-party security provider. As we look forward
to the next three years delivering on Project Clover, we will
continue to deploy cutting edge solutions, engage with authorities
and set an example that will enhance data security for Europeans -
not only through TikTok but across the industry."
Mike
Maddison, Chief Executive Officer,
NCC Group, commented:
"Project Clover is an outstanding
example of NCC Group delivering ground-breaking cyber security on
the global stage, reflected in TikTok's commitment to extending our
role for a further three years. Project Clover is NCC Group at its
best, collaborating across capabilities, innovating technical
solutions to complex challenges, engaging with authorities and
delivering gold standard work for our clients that makes their
customers more secure than ever before."
Christine Grahn, Head of Public
Policy for Europe, TikTok, commented:
"NCC Group provides an unprecedented
level of transparency and independent oversight across our European
data security. We are delighted with the rapid progress already
made, including NCC Group now continuously monitoring the
additional security gateways around our European user data, and
look forward to continuing to work with them in setting new
industry standards for data security over the next three
years."
The full press release is available
here:
https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/newsroom/ncc-group-signs-three-year-project-clover-contract-extension-with-tiktok/
Read more on Project Clover
here: https://www.nccgroup.com/us/project-clover-a-year-on/
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About NCC Group
NCC Group is a people-powered,
tech-enabled global cyber security and software escrow
business.
Driven by a collective purpose to
create a more secure digital future, c2,000 colleagues across
Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific harness their collective
insight, intelligence, and innovation to deliver cyber resilience
for over 14,000 clients across the public and private
sector.
With decades of experience and a rich
heritage, NCC Group is committed to developing sustainable
solutions that continue to meet clients' current and future cyber
security challenges.
Investors: https://www.nccgroupplc.com
Clients: https://www.nccgroup.com
