AKJ Associates

Name

AKJ Associates

Legal name

AKJ Associates Ltd

Website

https://akjassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Events and Conferences

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGAGAM

Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Conventions & Conferences (Business Events)

SECONDARYTHAHAJAG

Defense, Security & Emergency Management Congresses

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Association, Government & Academic Congresses

SECONDARYHSACADAO

Corporate Event Security & Risk Management

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Corporate Event & Meeting Services

Keywords

• Cybersecurity conferences
• Information security events
• Enterprise security summits
• PCI compliance events
• Cybersecurity networking forums

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Conference ticket sales: AKJ Associates generates revenue primarily through selling tickets to their cybersecurity conferences and summits. Attendees register and pay to participate in events covering sectors such as financial services, healthcare, law firms, manufacturing, and retail.
2. Event sponsorships: The company generates revenue through sponsorship packages, with numerous cybersecurity vendors (including CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Netskope, and others) sponsoring events. Sponsors gain visibility and networking access to the cybersecurity professional community attending the conferences.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AKJ Associates organizes and hosts cybersecurity conferences, congresses, and summits for enterprise security professionals. The company runs a portfolio of vertical-focused events including the e-Crime Congress series, PCI London, Securing Financial Services, Securing Healthcare, Securing Manufacturing, Securing the Law Firm, Securing Retail, and the AI Sec Summit, held across Europe both in-person and online.

Product overview

AKJ Associates operates a portfolio of cybersecurity conference products, primarily organized around vertical industries (law firms, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing) and specialized themes (PCI compliance, AI security). The core offering is the e-Crime Congress series, supplemented by sector-specific 'Securing' conferences and the PCI London event. All events feature speaker presentations, breakout seminars, vendor exhibitions, and networking opportunities for cybersecurity professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• e-Crime Congress: Cybersecurity congress series covering multiple sectors and regions
• PCI London
• Securing the Law Firm
• Securing Financial Services
• Securing Healthcare
• Securing Manufacturing
• Securing Retail
• AI Sec Summit
• e-Crime Nordics
• e-Crime Germany
• Congress Switzerland
• Congress Spain
• Congress Benelux
• Congress Austria
• Mid-Year Congress

Products and services

• e-Crime Congress

Quantifiable outcome

• Year after year, AKJ have managed to stay on top of market trends and deliver on the demand for topical expertise from its attendees
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, standard and minor.

• CrowdStrikemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCrowdStrike sponsors AKJ Associates cybersecurity events, participating in the e-Crime Congress and related summits. As a sponsor, CrowdStrike gains visibility among cybersecurity professionals attending the conferences.
• ProofpointmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerProofpoint participates as a sponsor in AKJ Associates events, providing testimonials about the value of the e-Crime series and contributing to the cybersecurity professional community.
• KnowBe4standardGTM or Marketing PartnerKnowBe4 sponsors AKJ Associates cybersecurity events, participating in conferences to connect with cybersecurity professionals and demonstrate their security awareness training solutions.
• MimecaststandardGTM or Marketing PartnerMimecast participates as a sponsor in AKJ Associates events, engaging with the cybersecurity professional community at conferences.
• NetskopestandardGTM or Marketing PartnerNetskope sponsors AKJ Associates events, using the conference platform to reach cybersecurity decision-makers in enterprise organizations.
• RubrikstandardGTM or Marketing PartnerRubrik participates as an event sponsor in the AKJ Associates cybersecurity conference series, connecting with security professionals at enterprise organizations.
• BeyondTruststandardGTM or Marketing PartnerBeyondTrust sponsors AKJ Associates cybersecurity events as part of their marketing activities to reach enterprise security professionals.
• Recorded FuturestandardGTM or Marketing PartnerRecorded Future participates in AKJ Associates events as a sponsor, engaging with the cybersecurity professional community.
• IllumiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerIllumio sponsors AKJ Associates cybersecurity conferences as part of their demand generation activities.
• TenablestandardGTM or Marketing PartnerTenable sponsors AKJ Associates events, participating in conferences to connect with cybersecurity professionals and demonstrate their exposure management solutions.
• ePrivacy GmbHminorOthersePrivacy GmbH serves as AKJ Associates' EU Representative for data protection queries, based in Hamburg, Germany, in compliance with GDPR requirements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• RSA Conference: RSA Conference is the world's largest cybersecurity conference (San Francisco and other global editions), owned by RSA/IDC. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise security buyer audience as AKJ, but at vastly greater scale and with a generalist rather than vertical-specialist positioning.
• Informa Tech (Cybersecurity Events Division): Informa Tech operates Black Hat, Infosecurity Europe, and other major cybersecurity events globally. As the parent of AKJ's largest direct competitor, it represents the dominant incumbent business model in cybersecurity B2B events against which AKJ must differentiate on vertical specialization and curated intimacy.
• Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit is a flagship analyst-led enterprise security event series held in multiple geographies. It competes for enterprise security leader attendance and major sponsor spend, with a broader, less cybersecurity-only agenda than AKJ's vertical events.

Direct peers

• Black Hat: Black Hat is a globally recognized cybersecurity event series (USA, Europe, Asia, Middle East) owned by Informa, offering conferences, briefings, and training. Its European edition directly competes with AKJ's flagship events for sponsor dollars and CISO attendee share, though at a much larger scale.
• Cyber Security EXPO: Cyber Security EXPO is a UK-based cybersecurity conference and exhibition series targeting enterprise security professionals and CISOs. It overlaps with AKJ's UK-centric e-Crime and Securing Financial Services events on audience and sponsor overlap.
• Infosecurity Europe: Infosecurity Europe is the largest annual cybersecurity conference and exhibition in Europe, held in London. It is the most direct competitor to AKJ's e-Crime Congress and Securing series, targeting overlapping CISOs and security professionals in the UK and continental Europe with a broader, vendor-led exhibition format.
• (ISC)² Security Congress: (ISC)² Security Congress is an annual global cybersecurity conference run by the (ISC)² professional association for certified security professionals. It targets the same CISO and security practitioner audience as AKJ and competes for similar sponsor relationships among enterprise security vendors.
• IFSEC International: IFSEC International is a UK-based security exhibition (physical and cyber security). It overlaps with AKJ's UK events for enterprise security buyer attendees and security vendor sponsors, though it covers physical security in addition to cybersecurity.

Regional players

• GISEC Global: GISEC Global is the Middle East's largest cybersecurity event, held annually in Dubai. It is a regional peer comparable to AKJ's European regional congresses (e-Crime Germany, Nordics, Benelux, etc.), competing for the same cybersecurity vendor sponsor budgets in a different geography.

Emerging players

• Cybertech Global Events: Cybertech is a global series of cybersecurity conferences with flagship events in Tel Aviv, Rome, Dubai, and other geographies. It is comparable to AKJ as a regionally-anchored cybersecurity event brand competing for sponsor mindshare among enterprise security vendors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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