NCC Group is an information assurance firm headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom. Its service areas cover software escrow and verification, cyber security consulting and managed services. NCC Group claims over 15,000 clients worldwide.[2] The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
On 12 July 2004, NCC Group was admitted to trading on AIM, with the flotation raising £38.1 million before expenses.[2] After rapid expansion, in July 2007 the Group made the move to the London Stock Exchange's main market.[7]
In August 2020, training materials, from NCC Group, a founding member of the cyber security certification body CREST, including practical examination “cheat sheets” for the CREST CCT INF and CCT APP examinations were leaked on to the GitHub and Dropbox platforms.[8][9] The leaked documents described internal training procedures involving “cloned examination rigs” and offered step by step walkthroughs of CREST examinations.[10] Due to the breach of exam integrity CREST suspended practical examinations and in a statement said it "will be appointing an independent investigative panel.”[10][11]
In 2012 NCC Group announced the investment of £6 million over 15 months in a wholly owned subsidiary, Artemis Internet. This was used to apply for a new .secure generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) and develop an associated security programme.[12] The application was subsequently abandoned and .secure was assigned to a different applicant.[13] In 2014 NCC Group acquired the right to operate the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .trust from Deutsche Post.[14]
NCC Group has expanded through a mixture of organic growth and acquisitions:
