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NCC Group’s iMXDR to secure Europe’s first fully regulated digital asset exchange
Thursday, December 04, 2025 — 17:25:27 (UTC)
21X Deploys NCC Group’s iMXDR Service to Secure Europe’s First Fully Regulated Digital Asset Exchange
Manchester, England, Dec. 4, 2025—NCC Group, a people-powered, tech-enabled global cyber resilience business, today announced it has been selected by 21X to secure Europe’s first fully regulated exchange for digital assets. 21X is the first financial institution licensed to operate a regulated trading and settlement venue under the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Regime.
NCC Group will provide cyber resilience for the new exchange through its Intelligent Managed Extended Detection and Response (iMXDR) service, which offers scalability and flexibility as 21X continues to innovate and grow. In addition, 21X will leverage NCC Group’s Incident Response capabilities.
By selecting NCC Group, 21X gains market leading cyber resilience that reinforces regulatory compliance while providing institutional clients with confidence and assurance. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has been a key compliance driver, strengthening security across 21X’s exchange and customer data.
21X aims to make financial instruments accessible to anyone, anywhere, by building a trading platform that utilizes distributed ledger technology on a public permissionless blockchain. This infrastructure is designed to enable highly efficient and secure trading.
The DLT Pilot Regime stipulates that license holders must adhere to strict requirements regarding operational security, transparency, and financial market integrity. Robust cyber security is therefore critical - not only for compliance, but also for institutional investors seeking confidence and assurance in the security of digital infrastructures as a critical factor in adoption and long-term engagement.
21X selected NCC Group’s iMXDR service due to its depth, flexibility and consultative expert led approach.as well as NCC Group’s proven track record of securing high-risk, high-complexity environments, and deep experience in regulated and financial services industry. Crucially, NCC Group’s expertise in securing novel infrastructures, including public, permissionless blockchain environments, provides unique insights to deliver the resilient, intelligence-led defence that 21X needs to scale its exchange securely and with confidence.
Chantal Constable, head of Financial Services & Insurance at NCC Group said: “I’m genuinely excited about this strategic partnership with 21X, the first regulated digital asset exchange in Europe, which builds on NCC’s 25 years’ experience in securing financial services innovation. Through our shared understanding of enterprise cyber resilience enabling innovation, NCC will be delivering our Intelligent MXDR service to support full regulatory compliance for the 21X trading platform – the first of its kind in Europe. With our unique mix of people powered, tech enabled SOC (Security Operations Centre) capability, NCC’s iMXDR solution will be able to rapidly flex capability and cyber transparency with 21X’s expanding platform and ecosystem of partners.”
Thomas Zraunig, Chief Information Security Officer at 21X, comments: "NCC Group stood out as a cyber resilience partner thanks to both their deep financial services industry expertise and their ability to meet our changing needs. Their global reach and scale also align with our expansion plans and growth trajectory.
“Securing Europe’s first digital asset exchange is a unique cyber security challenge to which NCC Group’s experts are applying decades of experience and ingenuity. NCC Group’s services provide our customers with world class assurance."
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