Award-winning Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Provider, Acuity, Secures Funding for Market Expansion

Sept. 16, 2020 - PRLog -- Acuity Risk Management ("Acuity"), a global leader in integrated risk management (IRM), announced today that it has secured funding from Drumz, plc to support its global market expansion. Acuity is an expert in cyber, IT and operational risk management, the London-based firm helps prepare and protect businesses from rapidly growing and changing cyber threats, ensure compliance with complex standards and build long-term resilience.

The founders and management team at Acuity have extensive security backgrounds and developed STREAM based on that experience and that of their clients. Acuity's customers include government organizations, large and medium sized private enterprises in the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

The recent acceleration of digital transformation across the globe and the response to the pandemic has fueled the demand for holistic, risk-based approaches to security and compliance. Acuity's STREAM platform provides a clear line of sight into risk exposure and empowers organizations to manage, control and comply with increasingly complex standards and market regulations as well as protect themselves from cyber threats.

Through its unique risk-based approach, Acuity empowers companies to align security and compliance initiatives with the Board's goals, optimizes defenses around resilience, and focus on critical assets to make sure that they're highly protected but at less overall cost. It also quantifies risk allowing executives to understand the financial implications of their decisions.

"We are delighted to have made this first investment in Acuity. Acuity is an established and well regarded player in the fast growing cybersecurity and compliance markets. We are confident that Acuity's growth over the past year will be accelerated over the next few years with this strategic investment," commented Angus Forrest, Chief Executive of Drumz. "Their STREAM platform eliminates the guesswork around risk and provides companies with actionable risk intelligence as they digitally transform their business - this is exactly what the market needs right now."

"We are pleased to be working with Drumz, plc as we look to expand our business further globally," said Simon Marvell, Director, Acuity. "We have been building our expertise for a long time and believe that now more than ever, companies need to employ a risk-based approach to their cyber, IT and operational risk challenges as well as to meet the increasingly complex standards and regulations emerging worldwide, and we can help."