Ethitec are pleased to announce that we’ve again renewed our Cyber Essentials Plus certification following a rigorous independent assessment of our systems and infrastructure. Cyber Essentials Plus is a UK Government-backed, industry-supported certification scheme introduced in the UK to help organisations demonstrate operational security against common cyber-attacks.

Ethitec, a trusted provider of custom IT software solutions, is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1975, the Leicester based company has now spent five decades helping large businesses and public sector organisations across the UK and beyond embrace technology to manage their data, streamline their processes, and to operate with confidence.

The Company was established in 1975 by Andrew Parkin, Professor of Systems Analysis at De Montfort University (then known as Leicester Polytechnic). It originally served as a mechanism for Andrew and his colleagues within the University to undertake some commercial projects while drawing upon their collective academic expertise. Incorporated in 1987, Ethitec then acquired its own premises at Millstone Lane, Leicester in 1989, and then subsequently expanded considerably. In May 1997, following the retirement of the original owners, the company was acquired by Simon Taylor, Paula Taylor, Anya Zarb and Stuart Zarb. Ethitec now has a turnover in the region of £3m per annum while supporting a record number of customers.

Throughout the life of the business, Ethitec has remained steadfast in its unwavering support for their customers. Applying this commitment, together with technical expertise and high-quality professional services to every project has ensured that a significant portion of Ethitec’s customer base has stayed with the business for years. This provides a huge stability that many smaller business would envy.  Stability is also at the heart of Ethitec’s workforce – a remarkably low turnover of staff helps Ethitec to offer good continuity to its long-standing customers.

“We’re incredibly proud to celebrate 50 years of Ethitec,” said Mike Weatherall, Operations Manager. “Our success has always been about looking after people — both the customers who continue to trust us, and our employees who ensure that we embrace the right balance of creativity and reliability every day. The technologies and methods that we use may have changed a lot over 50 years, but our desire to keep delivering upon our promises certainly hasn’t.”

Ensuring the security of our business, systems and data remains fundamental to everything that Ethitec do, so we’re again reassured that we have once more passed our annual Cyber Essentials Plus audit. Cyber Essentials Plus is a UK Government standard that help organisations such as Ethitec improve levels of IT infrastructure security and guard themselves against cyberattack. The audit involved a rigorous independent assessment of our systems and infrastructure by a qualified 3rd party organisation.

As part of our ongoing Information Security commitments, Ethitec are pleased to announce that we have achieved certification to the government’s Cyber Essentials Plus scheme.