Sencode Cyber Security offers comprehensive training programmes to improve cyber awareness and cyber security across industry.
Three like-minded Teesside University students decided to go into business together – and the rest is Sencode history. We spotted a clear gap in the market for penetration testing; companies were getting their infrastructure tested but then there wasn’t much tangible improvement in security a few months later.
On top of this, workplaces also lacked cyber awareness and didn’t fully understand the risk that cyber attacks pose. That’s a big industry problem that we at Sencode wanted to tackle. Sencode was set up in 2019, and we were soon introduced to the fantastic DigitalCity team through the Launchpad, Teesside University’s Entrepreneurial Community. Immediately, DigitalCity was a game changer for us.
At the time, we had a hurdle to overcome; we knew what problems we wanted to address in industry, but we didn’t yet have the expertise to set up or run a business.
There was so much uncertainty around the pandemic so we needed to know how to run a lean business efficiently and effectively. That’s where DigitalCity made a big difference to us, giving us the information we needed to get started.
DigitalCity offered us an amazing level of support and advice, which continued during and after our time on the Accelerator programme, and we’ve kept in touch ever since. They continue to support us in pursuing the right opportunities for us as a business, even to the point where we’ve been able to secure angel investment.
Being based in the Tees Valley has been hugely beneficial – after all, we met right here at Teesside University! We’re lucky enough to have state-of-the-art premises on the University campus, which is a big help for our business.
We’ve been able to access not just support from the University and the Launchpad initiative, but the wider community also. We’re rubbing shoulders with other great business minds who are growing at the same time as us.
The future for Sencode is bright. We have big plans for growth, including expanding to Darlington, and the level of support here in the Tees Valley is a real enabler of that growth.
Website: sencode.co.uk
