SekChek was founded in 1996 by two ex Big Four IT auditors & security consultants who recognised the need for an automated and independent tool for auditing and benchmarking security across all computer platforms.

The first platform to be addressed was IBM's AS400. Within a short time similar security audit tools were developed for Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Netware. The goal has been to provide the “IT roving auditor”, internal auditors and consultants, with a flexible, easy-to-use, independent and consistent service for determining a system’s security level quickly and efficiently.

The spread of our services and tools has been greatly influenced by the rate of adoption of SekChek by large audit firms and their clients throughout the world. In other cases, large multinational clients have successfully used the service to centralise security audits of systems located at their overseas offices and subsidiaries.

To date, SekChek is used in 110 countries worldwide in the major industry sectors from financial institutions to manufacturing and government institutions. Having collected anonymous statistical data from the analysis of over 60,000 computers worldwide, we maintain a living database which is added to every time a system is analysed. This allows SekChek to compare security features of a system to other platforms by geographic areas and industry sectors in graphical formats.

Throughout its history and development, SekChek has recognised the importance of security and confidentiality of its clients’ data. We provide for this through our strict enforcement of policies, standards and, industry standard, secure encryption methods. We are regularly subject to independent audits which provide assurance to our clients.

Through research and development, SekChek has kept up to date with the technical development and security features of the platforms we analyse. This allows us to provide a security service which addresses the latest security features of platforms we analyse. While maintaining our efficient and up to date analysis of existing platforms we are researching other platforms to add to our family of services.