Cyber

Queen’s award for firm

by Mark Rowe

A cyber security company is among 2017 recipients of the Queen’s Award for Innovation, to mark growth and success. Titania founder and CEO, Ian Whiting, has customers including the UK government, the FBI in the United States, PayPal, BT and Deloitte.

Nicola Whiting, COO at Titania, said: “To me, the Queen stands for everything that is right and good about the UK, during the war she worked as a mechanic and military driver and insisted on not being evacuated. To receive an award from someone who has shown unfailing strength in a time of constant attack, is an honour and a fitting analogy when thinking about the vigilance and foresight needed for cyber security.”

In the past eight years, Titania has grown from a start-up to 50 people servicing over 80 countries, with a 400pc growth rate in the past year. Some 90pc of business is coming in exports.

Whiting said: “Awards like these showcase the spirit of Britain. The UK’s international success owes a lot to bedroom entrepreneurs and enthusiasts who drive forward new innovation and ideas ensuring the UK is a major player in the global market.”

Titania’s core technology, Nipper Studio, does cyber security auditing. Replicating the detailed processes of industry consultants, it intelligently automates a labour-intensive process, the company says, for organisations to streamline their cyber security workload at a time when the threat continues to grow at a rate that is impossible to resource. The company points to recent research from the global cyber security association (ISC)2, on the skills gap in cyber, with a predicted shortfall of 1.8m cyber security workers by 2022.

For the UK SME sector, Titania has developed a free risk assessment tool, which incorporates 21 key security checks, 17 of which are from the Government’s Cyber Essentials scheme, providing small businesses with a place to start in cyber safety.

The Queen’s Award will be presented by the Royal Family at a ceremony later this year.

Further reading: the company’s Cyber Security Predictions for 2017.

Related News

Newsletter

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to stay on top of security news and events.

© 2024 Professional Security Magazine. All rights reserved.

Website by MSEC Marketing