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28 January 2025

 

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NCC Group signs three-year Project Clover contract extension with TikTok

NCC Group, a people-powered, tech-enabled global cyber security business, has
signed a three-year contract with TikTok to extend and enhance its role as
independent security provider to Project Clover - a comprehensive programme
delivering enhanced and innovative data security measures and standards for
TikTok's European users' data.

 

·      Three-year contract signed following a highly successful first
year of delivery on Project Clover, TikTok's European enhanced data security
programme - protecting 175 million TikTok users across the European Economic
Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

·      Project Clover sees TikTok investing €12 billion in European
data security over ten years,  setting a 'gold standard' for data security
and, going above and beyond regulatory requirements and the measures of
industry peers.

·      'Gold standard' measures pave the way for industry and peers to
follow Project Clover's lead and increase European data security measures
across the continent.

·      Over the next three years, NCC Group will continue to assure,
monitor and enhance the privacy and security of TikTok's European user data.

·      NCC Group is testing TikTok's cutting edge solutions to protect
TikTok's users including advanced Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs).

 

Stephen Bailey, Global Director of Privacy, NCC Group, commented:

"Project Clover is setting a new gold standard for data privacy and security.
The innovative work that NCC Group is delivering today will form a blueprint
for industry peers and regulators for years to come. Rarely does a company of
TikTok's scale hand this level of responsibility, access and independence to a
third-party security provider. As we look forward to the next three years
delivering on Project Clover, we will continue to deploy cutting edge
solutions, engage with authorities and set an example that will enhance data
security for Europeans - not only through TikTok but across the industry."

 

Mike Maddison, Chief Executive Officer, NCC Group, commented:

"Project Clover is an outstanding example of NCC Group delivering
ground-breaking cyber security on the global stage, reflected in TikTok's
commitment to extending our role for a further three years. Project Clover is
NCC Group at its best, collaborating across capabilities, innovating technical
solutions to complex challenges, engaging with authorities and delivering gold
standard work for our clients that makes their customers more secure than ever
before."

 

Christine Grahn, Head of Public Policy for Europe, TikTok, commented:

"NCC Group provides an unprecedented level of transparency and independent
oversight across our European data security. We are delighted with the rapid
progress already made, including NCC Group now continuously monitoring the
additional security gateways around our European user data, and look forward
to continuing to work with them in setting new industry standards for data
security over the next three years."

The full press release is available here:
https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/newsroom/ncc-group-signs-three-year-project-clover-contract-extension-with-tiktok/
(https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/newsroom/ncc-group-signs-three-year-project-clover-contract-extension-with-tiktok/)

Read more on Project Clover here:
https://www.nccgroup.com/us/project-clover-a-year-on/
(https://www.nccgroup.com/us/project-clover-a-year-on/)

 

Contact information

Investor enquiries:

 Yvonne Harley                                         Tel: +44(0)7824 412405

 Director of Investor Relations & Sustainability       Email: Investor_Relations@nccgroup.com
                                                       (mailto:Investor_Relations@nccgroup.com)

Media enquiries:

 H/Advisors Maitland             Tel: +44(0)20 379 5151

 Sam Cartwright/Genevieve Ryan   Email: NCCGroup-maitland@h-advisors.global
                                 (mailto:NCCGroup-maitland@h-advisors.global)

 

About NCC Group

 

NCC Group is a people-powered, tech-enabled global cyber security and software
escrow business.

Driven by a collective purpose to create a more secure digital future, c2,000
colleagues across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific harness their
collective insight, intelligence, and innovation to deliver cyber resilience
for over 14,000 clients across the public and private sector.

With decades of experience and a rich heritage, NCC Group is committed to
developing sustainable solutions that continue to meet clients' current and
future cyber security challenges.

Investors: https://www.nccgroupplc.com (https://www.nccgroupplc.com)

Clients: https://www.nccgroup.com (https://www.nccgroup.com)

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