Bradford cyber security firm targets £15 million AIM float

Bradford cyber security business which counts 10 per cent of the FTSE 100 as clients has revealed it plans to float with a market capitalisation of £15 million.

Established in 2000, ECSC claims to be the UK’s longest running, ‘full service’ information and cyber security service provider. ECSC has grown rapidly to offer a complete range of cyber security solutions and services to all sectors, including education, retail, legal, financial and local authorities. The firm’s client list ranges from e-commerce start-ups to global organisations.

Services offered include incident response, testing and cyber security review, while solutions offered include firewalls, IPS, IDS and vulnerability scanning.

ECSC, which hopes to raise £5m through an initial public offering on AIM, provides clients with services including incident response, cyber security reviews and technical penetration testing.  A target date of 14 December 2016 has been set by the business for the flotation.

Chief executive Ian Mann is the author of the social engineering publication, Hacking the Human.

Nigel Payne, chairman of Gateley, which became the first law firm to float last year, is the non-executive chairman of ECSC.