Industry-leading BlueVoyant continues to expand and invest in
the UK and EMEA with cutting-edge facility
LEEDS,
England, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BlueVoyant,
a cyber security company that illuminates, validates, and mitigates
internal and external risks today announced the successful opening
of its new Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Experience Centre
in Leeds. The new centre is part
of BlueVoyant's multi-million-pound investment in the UK since
2017. The opening highlights the company's continued
investment and expansion in the UK with local revenue growing 283%
since 2017.
The new office, in the heart of Leeds city centre, highlights the evolution of
security operations. No longer is it sufficient to have a
traditional SOC with legacy technology and manual processes.
Instead, clients are looking for next-generation managed security
that takes a full-spectrum look at their attack surfaces and uses
Machine Learning (ML) to quickly find and mitigate the most
critical threats.
The SOC will be used to monitor clients' networks and digital
ecosystems and mitigate threats. The Customer Experience Centre
will also offer the opportunity for BlueVoyant clients, business
partners, and local organisations to learn about the latest cyber
security threats and best response tactics, including how to
incorporate ML. In addition, with new regulations being enforced in
both the UK and European Union, BlueVoyant will use the new
facility to educate clients on how to achieve compliance.
"Improving the cyber defence posture of organisations in the UK
and across EMEA with advanced technology and threat intelligence
remains a priority for BlueVoyant," said James Rosenthal, BlueVoyant's CEO and
co-founder. "Our new SOC and Customer Experience Centre shows our
commitment to and investment in the UK, and builds on our rapid
growth and expansion in the region."
The official opening took place on 23 April with the Lord Mayor
of Leeds, Councillor Al Garthwaite
at the event, cutting the ribbon. In addition to BlueVoyant
executives, representatives from financial services firm Beeks
Group, specialist professional services and technology business,
Davies, and other leaders from the finance, insurance, and
professional service industries were in attendance. With
BlueVoyant being an award-winning Microsoft Security partner,
Microsoft Security executives attended the opening.
Leeds has been named the
fastest growing digital economy by Lloyds Bank, as well as a number
of trade and local publications, which inspired BlueVoyant to
choose the city for its new SOC and Experience Centre. The company
is hiring from the diverse local tech talent, with nearly 20 roles
to be filled in the first instance.
"BlueVoyant is excited to add its name to the list of tech
companies in Northern England that
are pushing the boundaries of innovation," said Robert Hannigan, BlueVoyant's head of
international business and former director of GCHQ. "The UK remains
a strategic priority for BlueVoyant. Our advanced ML brings clients
across EMEA full-spectrum cyber defence to help solve their cyber
security challenges."
BlueVoyant has supported clients in the UK since the company's
inception in 2017. In 2021, BlueVoyant acquired Marclay, a UK-based
cyber security consultancy that provided world-class incident
response and cyber investigation services for global
organisations.
The company's cutting-edge technology has garnered industry
recognition, including from Microsoft which named BlueVoyant the
MISA Security MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) of the Year
in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards 2023. BlueVoyant is
also the 2023 and 2022 Microsoft U.S. Security Partner of the Year,
the 2022 U.S. Defence and Intelligence Partner of the Year, and is
a member of the Microsoft Copilot for Security Design Council.
With the opening of its new centre, BlueVoyant joins Bruntwood
SciTech's innovative technology ecosystem in Leeds, as well as Bruntwood SciTech's UK-wide
science, tech, and innovation community of 1,100 like-minded
businesses to build new connections and access collaboration
opportunities.
"As ambitious leaders in cyber security, BlueVoyant will form an
integral part of our innovation ecosystem in Leeds and have access to our specialist
business support," said Katrina
Jones, associate director at Bruntwood SciTech - a
partnership between property company Bruntwood, Legal &
General, and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. "As a pioneering
international business with a strong reputation for its defence
platform, BlueVoyant's arrival in the city contributes
significantly to a growing understanding that Leeds, and the wider Yorkshire region, is becoming an increasingly
important hub nationally for tech businesses."
CBRE's Leeds Occupier Services team acted for BlueVoyant and
associate director Charles Parkinson
said: "To have secured this global inward investment into central
Leeds is great news for the city
and demonstrates that we have the right demographics and offices
here to attract growing organisations from overseas seeking to
expand in the UK."
BlueVoyant plans to continue to expand and invest in serving
more clients in the UK and across EMEA.
About BlueVoyant
BlueVoyant combines internal and external cyber defence
capabilities into an outcomes-based cloud-native cyber security
solution by continuously monitoring your network, endpoints, attack
surface, and supply chain, as well as the clear, deep, and dark web
for threats. The full-spectrum cyber defence products and services
illuminates, validates, and quickly mitigates threats to protect
your enterprise. BlueVoyant leverages both machine-learning-driven
automation and human-led expertise to deliver industry-leading
cyber security to more than 900 clients across the globe.
BlueVoyant Press Contact:
Jim Pople
C8 Consulting 
BlueVoyant@c8consulting.co.uk
+44 (0)7894 339645
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