IT firm announces rise in turnover

An Aberdeen-based IT firm has announced that turnover increased by £100,000 last year.

Alto, founded in 2009 and solely owned by CEO Bruce Skinner, Alto is a Managed Services and Security Provider (MSSP) which currently employs a team of 12. That figure is set to rise by around five in 2023 as further project technical staff, including trainees, are recruited to join the ranks and meet growing demand for services.

They will be tasked with assisting in the delivery of an increased focus on cybersecurity support, which now accounts for almost one third of Alto’s business.

This year has also seen Alto take the ongoing development of its own, stringent internal systems a step further by becoming ISO 9001 accredited as part of an ongoing ethos of ensuring accountability to clients as well as quality and transparency of service.

With a team based in the North East of Scotland, Alto draws on many decades of experience to nimbly deliver high quality products and services to a growing portfolio of clients across manufacturing, food, energy services and healthcare. With teams ranging from 20 to over 100, clients are located throughout the UK and in overseas locations including Spain, France, Denmark, Canada, the USA and the Philippines.

Commenting on the growth, CEO Bruce Skinner said: “Recent figures suggest that more than 80% of UK organisations experienced a ‘successful’ cyberattack in 2021/22 and, once a business becomes vulnerable, it can take an average of 181 days to identify a data breach.

“In the next three to five years, I predict that we will deal with cybersecurity more than any other IT challenge so evolving our business, and expertise, in line with customer needs is crucial. This will ensure we can continue to step up as cybersecurity moves away from being seen as an addon service and becomes an increasingly integral part of business planning.”