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2021 Chess Acquires Additional Cybersecurity Expertise
Chess acquires Armadillo enhancing their Cybersecurity capabilities with 15 of the UK’s top Penetration Test experts
Armadillo are a CREST approved Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment and a STAR and GBEST Attack Simulation testing company, accredited by the NCSC as a green light company authorised to perform CHECK ITHC assessments for government departments.
Chess‘ product portfolio includes security, managed and professional services. The Armadillo addition will enhance their pen testing capability, with security now representing over 20% of the group sales.
2022 Chess Acquire The UK’s Best Number Company
Chess acquire TTNC - The Telephone Number Company to kick off their ambitious growth plans in 2022
Leading technology provider Chess announce the acquisition of TTNC - The Telephone Number Company, ranked as the number one telecommunications service provider on Trustpilot with over 600 reviews.
TTNC is a provider of end-to-end communication solutions, boasting the UK's most comprehensive range of telephone numbers. Their services also include call management packages, cloud numbers, Voice over IP Services, SIP Trunks, Call Tracking and bespoke telephone answering services.
2022 Chess is 8th in the Top 100 UK Best Companies to Work For 2022
Chess has been in the top 100 for 14 years and top 15 for the last 7 years, having placed #1 in 2018 and in the top 3 for four years. In 2022, we also received the highest accolade 'world-class to work for' 3-star accreditation rating and placed #5 in the Technology sector awards.
Chess Executive Chairman and Founder David Pollock said:
"Our Chess Blueprint vision is to build a business we can be proud of. Easy to say, much harder to deliver. It's something that takes hard work, determination, bravery, constant change, evolution, positive attitude, loads of energy, belief, desire and above all, passion. Chess is a great place to work because of our great people. Everyone wants to work for a great company but it's those people working together as one team who make it great. I'm so proud of our people and their commitment to our culture. They are as passionate about making Chess a great place to work as they are passionate that we are a great place to be a customer. We thank all our customers, partners and employees for their support."