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Leonardo, what Softlab will do for Mbda

Leonardo, what Softlab will do for Mbda

Softlab group wins tender for cybersecurity services in Mbda

Mbda chooses the Softlab group for cybersecurity.

Softlab Digi, a company of the Softlab Group which also controls the listed Softlab Spa, has won the tender for the provision of cybersecurity services to an international company operating in the defense sector. According to what Radiocor reports, it is Mbda , the main European consortium for the manufacture of missiles and defense technologies.

The Group, in particular, won the tender thanks to its experience in the cyber sector and the management of a dedicated cutting-edge infrastructure, says in a note. The group has a total of over 1200 employees in various locations, including Campania, Rome and Milan.

“We are proud – comments the ceo Giovanni Casto – to have won this prestigious competition in a field, such as that of military security, which requires a very high level of precision and professionalism that Softlab has repeatedly shown it can guarantee. More and more companies need support to manage the threats of cyber attacks, for this reason we are happy to be able to provide important and comprehensive help that over time has become a pillar of our 'value proposition'.

All the details on the industrial group active in the ICT branch and beyond.

THE SOFTLAB GROUP

Softlab has its main offices in Rome, Milan, Naples and Caserta. Furthermore, the group is present abroad in Sao Paulo, London and Barcelona.

The Group has a staff of over 1200 employees. As he explains on his website , it operates in the ICT Consulting, Technology Solution and Business Advisory market through operating companies with offices in Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain and the USA.

COMPANIES

In 2020 the group incorporated Acotel Group, a company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange active on an international scale in digital entertainment, telecommunications and value-added services. Through a Reverse Merger operation, Acotel became part of the Group, which was later renamed to Softlab SpA.

The other companies, besides the listed Softlab Spa, are: Softlab Digi; D-go; Softlab Tech and Softlab Industrial Services.

CUSTOMERS

It offers complementary and integrated services to over 400 customers in the banking, insurance, industry, TLC, services and public bodies sectors.

THE PARTNERS

Softlab Spa is 63.046% controlled by Softlab Holding Srl. 15.785% is owned by Clama Srl and 6.621% by Macla Srl. The remaining part of the share capital is distributed on the indistinct market.

WHAT DIGI DOES

With Softlab Digi, the group has invested in the development of its own Security operation center capable of responding to the growing needs of companies to cope with cyber threats and attacks. Also thanks to this structure, the group manages and monitors almost 500 billion security events per year, in 24 × 7 mode. An extended team also manages Cyber-security emergency response activities and supervises security projects and services for the cloud, industrial, operational technology, Microsoft, Linux and business applications world.

THE NUMBERS 2020

The 2020 consolidated financial statements (the first after the reverse merger) closed with consolidated revenues of € 14.2 million, up 5% compared to € 13.6 million in 2019 of the Tech Rain business unit. Consolidated Ebitda amounted to € 3.4 million, a slight decrease compared to the € 3.8 million in 2019 of the Tech Rain business unit. Finally, the consolidated Net Financial Position is positive for 1.3 million euros.

THE CLAIM IN CAMPANIA FOR SOFTLAB TECH

However, the group has to face the dispute in Campania of the 300 workers at the Marcianise and Caserta offices, in particular from Jabil and hired by Softlab Tech.

At the beginning of the year, in a garrison at the Mise, the employees with the trade unions asked for clarification on the reindustrialisation process.

As the Corriere del Mezzogiorno explained last year, the group "in recent years has hired hundreds of employees, including 250 from the electronics multinational Jabil – it has its plant in Marcianise in the Caserta area – but today they can be found at Softlab in cash zero hour integration ".

The company replied that it had foreseen "the birth of Softlab Industrial Services, a modern 4.0 Factory, of which we are particularly proud also because it will be born in the Province of Caserta and whose organization is proceeding at full capacity".


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/leonardo-cosa-fara-softlab-per-mbda/ on Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:38:05 +0000.