q.beyond opens second Cyber Defence Center at nearshoring location in Riga

EQS-News: q.beyond AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous q.beyond opens second Cyber Defence Center at nearshoring location in Riga 06.06.2025 / 11:57 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. q.beyond opens second Cyber Defence Center at nearshoring location in Riga

• Growing demand for sovereign IT security services
• 24/7 protection for medium-sized companies
• Expansion in nearshoring capacities

Cologne, 6 June 2025 – q.beyond AG has officially opened its second Cyber Defence Center (CDC) at its nearshoring site in Riga/Latvia. The ceremony on location was attended by guests including the German Ambassador to Latvia and the CEO of the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce.

“q.beyond is an example of the active business cooperation between Germany and the Baltic countries”, commented the German Ambassador, Gudrun Masloch. “It is creating jobs and specialist expertise in the important economic segment of digitalisation, and this is helping the economies of both countries.”

“We are absolutely delighted that q.beyond has underlined its commitment by expanding its operations and opening a dedicated cyber defence center”, added Florian Schröder, CEO of the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce.

Protecting IT at SMEs is the priority

A leading IT services provider, q.beyond supports medium-sized companies with their digitalisation projects in all aspects of cloud, applications, AI, and security. In recent times, companies have accorded ever greater priority to IT security, and to cybersecurity in particular. According to the IT services provider, demand for sovereign IT services has also risen sharply of late.

“Medium-sized companies have a wealth of information that requires protection, such as the specialist expertise and intellectual property that form the backbone of the economy. Our job as an IT services provider is to provide comprehensive protection against cyber threats to this knowledge, some of which has been built up over decades, as well as for companies’ business processes”, explained Thies Rixen, CEO of q.beyond AG. “To satisfy demand for sovereign security services, we have now massively extended our capacities by opening our second cyber defence center.”