DNV offers a broad range of risk management services, including IT risk management. More than 500 employees work with IT-related services in DNV.
Echelon has a service portfolio of Information Security Consultancy, Safety Assessment and Managed Security Operations Centres (SOC). Echelon is particularly strong in the UK central government, law enforcement and military sectors, but is also active in sectors such as telecommunications, media, banking, finance, transportation and utilities. The company was established in 1993, is located in Fleet, Hampshire, and operates with 22 permanent staff, complemented by contractor support.
Security and safety
”Echelon will strengthen DNV’s IT Risk Management competence by broadening the security risk assessment and management offering as well as providing additional safety expertise in land, sea and air environments. The combined expertise of DNV and Echelon will offer the market the full range of Information Security and Safety IT risk management services,” says Annie Combelles, Chief Operating Officer of DNV IT Risk Management.
DNV/Echelon acquisition manager, Ola Sannes, adds: “Echelon and DNV are ideally suited to meet customer expectations for the development of high integrity, safe and secure processes and systems in a cost-effective manner. Echelon’s accredited security and safety consultancy will be a vital part of DNV’s service offering in the UK.”
Kerry Davies, managing director, Echelon says: “There are exciting opportunities in this relationship. Both our companies have a high-integrity ethos and we share the same objectives and values. Echelon’s security and safety service integrates well with DNV’s IT Risk Management offering, and we operate in many of the same market sectors but for different clients. Risk management and corporate governance will be major challenges to enterprises in the future. Together with DNV, we are confident that we can help our clients master these challenges.”
For further information, please contact:
Kerry Davies, Managing Director, Echelon, +44 1252 627799
