Acronis to open new center for cybersecurity

Acronis is planning to open a new Cyber Protection Operation Center (CPOC) in Schaffhausen, as detailed in a press release. According to the information presented by the company, this should serve as a type of commando headquarters for the economic area of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The expertise generated by the experts situated at the CPOC should help developers at Acronis to devise new solutions. The CPOC will, for example, provide daily alerts to new cyber threats and natural catastrophes in addition to defining protection plans for customers. Moreover, it will serve the purpose of analyzing and verifying software vulnerabilities.  

These days, it is essential that companies are able to detect threats early on in order to immediately and appropriately react to these, explains Candid Wüest, Director of the new CPOC.

Acronis was founded in 2003 in Singapore. Its corporate headquarters are located in Schaffhausen since 2008. The company develops various solutions in the area of cybersecurity. In total, Acronis employs more than 1,500 staff across 18 different countries. Solutions developed by Acronis are currently used by more than 5.5 million consumers and 500,000 companies. Google also relies on the expertise of Acronis for its VirusTotal anti-virus program.