CyberLab
Cardiff-based CREST and CHECK-accredited cyber security company delivering penetration testing, red teaming, and OT security assessments as part of the Chess Group.
- Categories
- Penetration testing, Managed detection and response, Vulnerability management, Attack surface management
- Based in
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2020
- Size
- 51-200 staff
- Ownership
- Owned by Chess since 2023
- Certifications
- Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, IASME Accredited Assessor, CREST Penetration Testing, CREST Security Testing, CREST AI Charter Signatory, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, NCSC Cyber Advisor, CHECK
About CyberLab
CyberLab is a UK cyber security consultancy and managed services provider. It serves over 1,200 organisations, including businesses, government departments, councils, the NHS, housing, education, manufacturing and financial services. It sells penetration testing, compliance support, managed security and a cyber risk platform. The company works through a five stage framework of detect, protect, control, support and comply. Its consultants and testers hold CREST and CHECK accreditation and it is an NCSC Cyber Advisor and Cyber Essentials certification body. It has delivered more than 1,500 Cyber Essentials certificates and completed 14,000 hours of security testing in 2025. It also runs a partner programme for managed service providers and IT support firms.
Products
- HackRiskA platform that scans for vulnerabilities, monitors the attack surface and searches the dark web for stolen data.
- Sophos MDRA fully managed detection and response service where Sophos analysts hunt and neutralise threats around the clock.
- Cyber EssentialsA government backed certification that validates an organisation's basic cyber security controls.
- Cyber Essentials PlusAn advanced certification that tests whether an organisation's defences work in practice.
- IASME Cyber AssuranceAn affordable certification that demonstrates strong data protection.
- NIST CSF 2.0 AssessmentAn assessment that benchmarks security against the NIST CSF 2.0 framework.
Ownership and deals
- Chess acquired CyberLabReport on Chess buying CyberLab (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.
Companies CyberLab owns
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