Intertek Acquisition of Acumen Broadens Cyber Security Offering
December 13 2017 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to
industries worldwide, has acquired Acumen Security, LLC (Acumen), a
US-based provider of security certification and assurance services.
As a trusted partner to many of the world’s leading IT solutions
providers, Acumen will complement and enhance Intertek’s current
offering of cyber security and Internet of Things (IoT) services
for a variety of products.
With end-to-end security certification solutions, Acumen works
with its customers to provide product certification and validation
in an efficient and cost-effective manner. These comprehensive
solutions will fulfill the growing demand for security assurance
services stemming from the rapid growth of IoT, increased data
security breaches and the diverse range of global certification
standards and security requirements.
Sunny Rai, Vice President at Intertek, commented: “Many of the
world’s leading IT solutions providers rely on Acumen’s security
expertise to both validate their existing products and to provide
insight into the design of new products. That, combined with their
client-centric approach will further enhance Intertek's global
cyber security and IoT offering. Their expertise will help bring
Intertek’s Total Quality Assurance to the industry in a timely,
efficient manner."
Ashit Vora co-founder of Acumen stated: “At Acumen, with our
extensive expertise certifying a wide variety of products across
the technology spectrum, our goal has always been to make the
certification process as easy as possible for our partners. We look
forward to joining Intertek as we continue to partner with the
industry in bringing security certification solutions to our global
customer base.”
For more than 20 years, Intertek has been a leader in software
testing and quality assurance, providing a full-spectrum of
services for websites, desktop and mobile devices. With solutions
focused on the Internet of Things, software assurance testing and
cyber security, the Company offers a full suite of services to
multiple industries including technology, lighting, medical devices
and life safety. For more information, visit
www.intertek.com/iot-software.
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and offices and over 42,000 people in more than 100 countries,
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Certification solutions for our customers’ operations and supply
chains. Intertek Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered
consistently with precision, pace and passion, enabling our
customers to power ahead safely.
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