Belfast-based cyber security companies Ampliphae, Angoka, Audit Comply and Uleska are among 22 UK companies accepted to the scale-up programme.
Tech Nation's Cyber programme aims to help early stage cyber security companies scale up, growing their companies locally and expanding internationally. Cyber security is a highly global field, and Belfast's startups have been competing on the world stage with clients around the world. Four Belfast-based scaleups have now joined the programme: Ampliphae, Angoka, Audit Comply and Uleska
Belfast-based firms make up over 18% of the 22 UK companies joining this cohort of the programme, which comes as no surprise as US firms continue to eye up Belfast as a global cyber security hub. Last year's cohort also contained Belfast-based firm SaltDNA, which offered a secure communication platform that helps prevent information leaks from private conversations.
The programme will help these companies bring their offering to major international clients and secure the contracts and investment they need to grow to the next stage. It's supported by industry partners CBRE, RSM, Talent Works International and Wilson Sonsini.
Tech Nation's Entrepreneur Engagement Manager for Northern Ireland, Gary Davidson, commented on the announcement: "It brings me so much joy to see Uleska, AuditComply, Angoka & Ampliphae join Tech Nation’s flagship Cyber 2.0 programme. Four Northern Irisih companies joining the 2020 cohort is a real testament to the pure strength of our Cyber Security Cluster & I can’t wait to see what happens next."
Biographies on the four companies are below:
Ampliphae: "Ampliphae is an easy-to-deploy, sophisticated and affordable cloud-discovery, security and compliance platform, allowing businesses to take back control of the cloud. Ampliphae quickly finds all the SaaS applications in use on your network, monitors adoption rates, sees who is using what service, and, where necessary, migrates users from non-compliant services to approved ones."
Angoka: "Angoka provides hardware-based solutions for managing the cybersecurity risks inherent in machine-to-machine communication networks. It provides a trusted information exchange for connected and autonomous vehicles, IoT, smart cities and critical infrastructure, including National Grids and bank networks."
Audit Comply: "Cyber attacks, customer trust, new data protection, privacy compliance requirements, and the rapid adoption of new technology are introducing unanticipated risks. AuditComply revolutionises the way organisations manage their risk, compliance and quality programs. It automates various workflows and aggregates risk data in support of cross-organization collaboration for risk management."
Uleska: "In a world where software is developed faster than it can be tested for security, Uleska is offering a quicker solution to test software for security flaws. Using intelligent automation and orchestration to conduct the testing, they help more software comply with regulations and make it safer for the end user."
Source: Written based on press release, Tech Nation
