Integrity360 has taken a significant step toward extending its reach in the continental European market by acquiring Cresco, a cybersecurity services firm based in Brussels, Belgium.
While the specific terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, the move aligns with Integrity360's broader global expansion strategy and significantly bolsters its existing offensive security and compliance capabilities.
Expansion in the Benelux region
Founded in 2020, Cresco has established itself as a reputable cybersecurity services consultancy, employing over 30 professionals across two offices in Belgium.
The firm serves a diverse clientele that spans the financial, insurance, communications, healthcare, energy, and government sectors in Belgium and Luxembourg. Cresco's reputation is especially strong in ethical hacking and offensive security, offering a comprehensive package of assessment and penetration testing services.
Comprehensive cybersecurity services
Cresco also provides consultancy services in governance, risk, and compliance, including gap assessments
Besides its expertise in offensive security, Cresco also provides consultancy services in governance, risk, and compliance, including gap assessments and implementation plans compliant with frameworks like NIS2.
The company's offerings extend to employee awareness and training programmes, such as phishing simulations aimed at enhancing staff understanding of cyber threats. Additionally, Cresco actively participates in regional cyber communities, such as BeHack, which emphasises knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Future developments and strategic investments
Integrity360 plans to invest in Cresco to transform it into a regional services hub for the Benelux area, integrating the full range of Integrity360’s cybersecurity services. By 2026, a new Security Operations Centre (SOC) is scheduled to be established in Brussels, acting as a local access point to Integrity360's existing global SOC network.
This network manages a variety of services, including EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), XDR (Extended Detection and Response), and MDR (Managed Detection and Response) for businesses across the EMEA region.
Enhanced offerings for Cresco's clients
Cresco’s clients stand to gain considerably from this acquisition, with access to Integrity360's extensive service portfolio
Cresco’s clients stand to gain considerably from this acquisition, with access to Integrity360's extensive service portfolio. This includes cyber risk assurance, 24/7 incident response and forensics, infrastructure management, PCI compliance, operational technology consulting, and a wide range of managed services.
Integrity360's services have garnered recognition, appearing five times in a Gartner market guide, highlighting their proficiency in Incident Response and Forensic services.
Leadership and future outlook
Ian Brown, Executive Chairman of Integrity360, expressed enthusiasm over the acquisition, stating, “We are super excited to be welcoming Youssef, Clement and Guillaume, and the entire Cresco team to Integrity360. The innovative, refreshing and dynamic approach they have brought to cyber security services most notably in offensive security since their formation in 2020 is highly impressive. We are looking forward to helping them provide an enhanced set of services to their customers and expanding further in the Benelux market over the coming years.”
Reflecting on the merger, Youssef Bey, Clement Laurens, and Guillaume Deterville, Directors of Cresco, said in a joint statement, “This is a momentous milestone for us, and we could not be more delighted that Cresco is joining Integrity360 who will help us continue to develop, enhance and grow the business across the Benelux region. Thanks to the support of our customers, employees, and associates Cresco has achieved great success since our formation just 5 years ago, and having spent considerable time with Ian, and the wider Integrity360 leadership team, we are very confident will continue to do so being part of the wider Integrity360 group. We are really excited about the future for us as an organisation, for our people and in particular for what the enhanced group can provide our customers moving forward.”
Continuing its global expansion plan, Integrity360 has acquired Cresco, a well-established and highly regarded cybersecurity services company operating out of Brussels in Belgium. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The acquisition will enable Integrity360 to expand further into continental Europe and provides additional skilled resources to its existing substantial offensive security, cybersecurity consulting and compliance capability.
Multiple cyber services disciplines
Cresco, founded in 2020, is a highly respected and accredited cybersecurity services consultancy and serves customers throughout Belgium and Luxembourg. It operates out of 2 offices in Belgium with a team of over 30 people from which it provides services to a wide range of customers, including organisations in the financial, insurance, communications, healthcare, energy and government sectors.
Cresco has significant expertise across multiple cyber services disciplines but is most well-known for its ethical hacking and offensive security expertise where it delivers a full suite of assessment and penetration test services including red teaming and social engineering.
Cyber security consultancy and governance
In addition, Cresco provides cyber security consultancy and governance, risk and compliance services, including gap assessments and implementation plans for leading cyber frameworks such as NIS2. It also provides employee awareness and training service,s including phishing simulations and education services for internal IT teams and to improve overall employee awareness of cyber threats.
Cresco is also an active supporter of regional cyber communities, including BeHack a Belgium-based ethical hacking community focused on learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration across the region.
Global SOC operation
Integrity360 will invest in Cresco for it to become a regional services hub for the group for the whole Benelux region providing the full suite of Integrity360 cyber security services. During 2026 this will include the addition of a new SOC (Security Operations Centre) based in Brussels, which will be become a local access point for the existing circa 200 person Integrity360 global SOC organisation which currently operates from facilities in Dublin, Stockholm, Rome, Sofia, Madrid, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The global SOC operation delivers a highly comprehensive suite of managed services, including EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), XDR (Extended Detection and Response), and MDR (Managed Detection and Response) solutions for business organisations across the whole EMEA region.
Integrity360’s innovative range of services
Cresco customers will benefit from access to Integrity360’s highly extensive and complementary cyber services portfolio encapsulating cyber risk and assurance, highly comprehensive 24/7 incident response and forensics services, infrastructure and technology services, PCI compliance, OT (operational technology) consulting and solutions, and a comprehensive range of cyber security managed services ranging from managing cyber infrastructure, to Managed SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), Managed CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management), and a full suite of innovative XDR/MDR solutions.
Integrity360’s innovative range of services have been recognised five times in a Gartner market guide, most recently for Incident Response and Forensic services.
Innovative, refreshing and dynamic approach
Ian Brown, Executive Chairman at Integrity360 commented “We are super excited to be welcoming Youssef, Clement and Guillaume, and the entire Cresco team to Integrity360. The innovative, refreshing and dynamic approach they have brought to cyber security services most notably in offensive security since their formation in 2020 is highly impressive."
"We are looking forward to helping them provide an enhanced set of services to their customers and expanding further in the Benelux market over the coming years”.
Integrity360 leadership team
In a joint statement, Youssef Bey, Clement Laurens, and Guillaume Deterville, Directors of Cresco commented: “This is a momentous milestone for us, and we could not be more delighted that Cresco is joining Integrity360 who will help us continue to develop, enhance and grow the business across the Benelux region."
"Thanks to the support of our customers, employees, and associates Cresco has achieved great success since our formation just 5 years ago, and having spent considerable time with Ian, and the wider Integrity360 leadership team, we are very confident will continue to do so being part of the wider Integrity360 group. We are really excited about the future for us as an organisation, for our people and in particular for what the enhanced group can provide our customers moving forward."
