SCC’s opening of a new West Midlands SOC will “cement the region’s credentials as a cyber security powerhouse”, a hereditary peer has claimed.
The £3.3bn-revenue outfit yesterday officially opened the CREST-accredited facility at its Birmingham HQ.
SCC said the move will cement its “multi-million-pound investment” in creating a dedicated cyber division over the last 12 months. The giant says it has created more than 30 new jobs across operations, AI, automation, technical architecture, product development, and sales during that period.
It comes after SCC bolstered its Microsoft Teams business via its third acquisition inside 12 months.
The new SOC is accredited by CREST and provides a central base in the UK for its cyber operations team, SCC added.
“The opening of SCC’s new Cyber Operations Centre in the West Midlands will not only further that effort, but create new, highly-paid jobs which cement the region’s credentials as a cyber security powerhouse,” said Viscount Camrose, Minister for AI and Intellectual Property at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
“We are cementing our place as a science and tech superpower, and we want to see every corner of the country continuing to play its part in making the UK the safest place in the world to be online.”
Steve Harrison, Cyber Operations Director at SCC, said: “Our customers rely on SCC’s specialist Cyber expertise to ensure they can focus on running their businesses safely, against a backdrop of sophisticated and ever-increasing cyber threats. Our investment in the Cyber division underlines our commitment to our customers.
“The opening of our new SOC is the latest milestone on our growth journey, with plans to keep adding services and people to the Cyber team. This in turn will keep creating new opportunities for our customers to stay better protected from unprecedented challenges in cyber security.”
