West Ham United have signed a multi-year extension of its partnership with Cheltenham-based cybersecurity firm Salus.
Since the partnership began in 2024, Salus has helped protect the Premier League club鈥檚 growing operations, delivering a 30% annual reduction in cyber vulnerabilities and a 40% faster remediation turnaround.聽
The renewed deal strengthens the company鈥檚 involvement to ensure The Irons remain protected against the latest industry threats.
As part of the agreement, Salus branding will receive increased visibility on West Ham鈥檚 matchday LED systems at the London Stadium and across the club鈥檚 digital platforms.
鈥淥ver the past 12 months, we have built a fantastic working relationship with Salus to assess and refine our cyber security protocols,鈥� said Mo Ali, director of IT at West Ham United.
鈥淧rimarily, we needed to conduct extensive PEN Testing of our networks, and after the successful implementation of their recommendations we will also be working with them on aligning our internal policies, processes, and personnel with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), identifying and strengthening our infrastructure.
鈥淗aving a partner with Salus鈥� expertise gives me the utmost confidence that we will continue to have robust processes in place to protect us against new and emerging cyber-attacks that continue to threaten our industry.鈥�
Greg King, sales director at Salus, added: 鈥淎fter a very successful year of supporting West Ham United’s cyber maturity roadmap through multiple workstreams, it’s very exciting to continue providing consultancy through our technical, assurance, and managed services capabilities.聽
鈥淭he last 12 months have helped forge a strong relationship of collaboration and trust between our two organisations and we look forward to building on this foundation and further developing West Ham United’s cyber capabilities.
鈥淭hrough penetration testing, NIST consultancy, data privacy enhancements, cyber training, and managed security solutions, Salus has positioned West Ham United as an early adopter of leading regulatory standards and best practices.鈥�