AEC

AEC was founded in 1991 as an information security company. In September 2023 it took the Aricoma name together with three sister companies, and its security work now sits in Aricoma's enterprise cybersecurity unit.

What AEC offers

• Risk analysis and penetration testing — checks of how exposed an organisation's systems are.
• Business continuity management — planning for keeping operations running after an incident.
• Security implementation and documentation — deploying controls and writing up the supporting processes.
• GDPR advice — handled by a separate team of specialists.
• Vendor solutions — products from suppliers such as Check Point, Tenable, McAfee, FireEye, Forcepoint, IBM and Kaspersky.

Who it works with

Customers named by Aricoma include a bank, a university hospital, an insurer, a gas network operator and a pharmaceutical firm. AEC tailors its services to each client.

Key facts

• Founded: 1991
• Based in: Prague
• Rebranded: Aricoma, announced on 4 September 2023
• Testing: products are evaluated in its own innovation lab