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In April 2024, Aurias, co-led by technology experts Amir Nooriala and Daniel Cárdenas, acquired the British cybersecurity specialist Saepio Information Security, with the backing of investors such as Ambit Partners, Ethos Partners, Istria Capital, Maven Equity Partners, Miramar Equity Partners, ONEtoONE Asset Management, TTCER Partners, Simon Webster, Will Thorndike, Marc Bartomeus, José María Clotet, and Rafa Ruiz, among others.
They have now announced the acquisition of offensive security specialist Ruptura. The deal will enable Saepio to better serve its clients in testing resilience against cyber threats by bringing Ruptura’s penetration testing — known as pen testing — into its suite of services. Tom Heenan, Ruptura’s Founder and Managing Director, will continue to oversee the high quality of penetration testing and will become Saepio’s Director of Offensive Security.
Daniel Cardenas-Clark, co-CEO of Saepio, said, “Ruptura’s team is highly-skilled and our clients have continually been delighted with their work. We are really excited to have the opportunity to bring these capabilities in-house. Ultimately, we are securing our clients’ most critical assets – their systems and their data – and this acquisition enables us to do that even more effectively.”
Amir Nooriala, co-CEO of Saepio, added: “The timing of this acquisition is excellent. We will expand the penetration testing business, and offer additional offensive security services to match the needs of our clients and fulfil our ambition of becoming the largest independent cyber security provider in the UK and Europe. Our clients face an evolving set of cyber challenges, and we are on a mission to help them solve as many as possible. Additionally, Saepio is committed to maintaining the high quality of work that Ruptura’s clients have come to expect.”
Ruptura’s penetration testing expertise has been recognized in global industry competitions, with its team ranked 1st in the UK in the Hack the Box Capture the Flag events for 2023 and 2024, and 14th and 9th worldwide, respectively.
“The expertise that Ruptura has in these frameworks fits well with Saepio’s cyber resilience consulting practice and enables us to offer a fully-integrated compliance and governance solution,” says Cardenas-Clark.
This acquisition adds to the suite of solutions Saepio offers, including its recently launched Managed GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) service. M-GRC automates monitoring, provides real-time compliance status, reduces audit preparation time, and consolidates risk, policy, and control management into a single dashboard.
Since the acquisition of Saepio, Aurias has led a programme of investment, growing the team from 54 to almost 100, culminating in this latest acquisition. Saepio continues to pursue additional acquisition opportunities.
