Governance, risk, and transparency specialists Kroll has announced its acquisition of Redscan, an award-winning cybersecurity services provider based in the UK to bolster its cyber risk offering.
The addition of Redscan, along with its extended detection and response (XDR) enabled security operations center (SOC) platform, the firm is expanding its Kroll Responder capabilities to support a wider array of cloud and on-premise telemetry sources.
Redscan will join Kroll under the leadership of Andrew Beckett, Managing Director and Head of the EMEA Cyber Risk Practice, and Marc Brawner, Managing Director and Global Head of Managed Services. Redscan's CEO, COO, and CTO will remain with the firm, playing a part in driving growth for the new combined global cyber risk team.
Jason Smolanoff, Managing Director and Global Leader of Cyber Risk at Kroll, says, "Detecting and responding to cyber threats can be an overwhelming challenge for any size company — most lack adequate tools, skills and staff to quickly triage and confidently respond. We've built Kroll Responder to instantly augment their capability with elite investigators and threat intelligence, and the Redscan acquisition will enable us to become even more efficient and ingest a wider variety of data sources to deliver even greater visibility and assurance."
Redscan is known for service offerings including its proprietary cloud native MDR solution which correlates events and intelligence from an array of leading telemetry sources including those from VMWare Carbon Black, Crowdstrike, AlienVault and LogRhythm plus cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft. The company also provides bespoke assessment services including CREST-accredited penetration testing, red teaming and vulnerability scanning.
Jacob Silverman, CEO of Kroll, says, "The acquisition of Redscan perfectly complements the new chapter we have entered under our Kroll brand, reinforcing our commitment to supporting our clients' most complex challenges. Together, our professionals will harness the power of technology and their deep expertise to provide clarity and cyber resilience for clients, solidifying our position at the forefront of cyber security solutions. I look forward to building on this mandate with our expanded, global Cyber Risk team."
Following the acquisition, Cyber Risk will now become its own business unit within Kroll, including 450 professionals spanning 17 countries worldwide.
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