Scale Finance Closes Sale of Cayden Security to SCE Group


The SCE Group and Cayden Security combine unparalleled cyber security expertise to deliver comprehensive cyber security assurance to global enterprises.

The SCE Group recently announced the acquisition of Cayden Security, a leader in the cyber security and IT risk management and compliance space. Cayden Security provides customers with strategic consulting and turn-key managed security assessment services for third party risk and compliance readiness, as well as the resale of top-shelf cyber security products. The deal combines the strengths of The SCE Group and Cayden Security by leveraging The SCE Group’s global customer and partner network, with Cayden Security’s portfolio of offerings and managed services platform to create a comprehensive cyber security assurance firm dedicated to solving the security related business challenges of the modern enterprise.

Cayden Security is a portfolio company for Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners. Scale Finance Managing Director Dave Gilroy managed the sale process for Cayden from beginning to end with the support of his colleague Earl McClanahan.

“Cayden Security’s world-class management team has done a fantastic job of building a solid and successful operation that provides data security and third party vendor risk management services throughout the Northeastern US,” said Benjamin Massin, The SCE Group’s CEO. “The SCE Group and Cayden Security share a strong customer success focus, and the combination of the companies’ technical, business, and creative strengths will create a comprehensive portfolio of offerings which will strongly resonate with our customers.”

“By teaming up with a company such as The SCE Group, with their global reach and strong network of customers and partners, Cayden Security’s portfolio of offerings will reach a far broader range of customers worldwide, as well as provide a solid foundation for major growth over the years to come,” said Joe Compagno, President of Cayden Security, who will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer of The SCE Group of Companies. “We are pleased to combine our strengths to meet the demands of the global marketplace – delivering relevant strategic cyber security assurance and professional services to our customers, including new tools, techniques, and offerings to facilitate business needs across verticals.”

The acquisition represents a major growth direction for The SCE Group, further solidifying the business platform for expansion, as well as leveraging Cayden’s sales execution abilities to further expand into and penetrate additional markets. For the customer, The SCE Group now features a far more extensive portfolio of offerings, with an eye towards the future of the industry, as well as a dramatically increased ability to execute service and support engagements, with customer satisfaction being the major success metric.

About The SCE Group

“The Science of Security and The Art of Delivery”

The SCE Group is defined by its simple but powerful mission: To protect, defend and safeguard our clients’ critical business data and systems. In doing so, the expertise of the best minds in the industry are fused to envision, assess, manage, troubleshoot, consult and innovate so that your enterprise and its intellectual property is secured, leveraged and maximized to its full potential. The SCE Group is a science-based firm, product agnostic and highly experienced in such key verticals as healthcare and life sciences, finance and banking, insurance, manufacturing, and retail.

The SCE Group is headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ.

About Scale Finance

Scale Finance LLC (www.scalefinance.com) provides contract CFO services, Controller solutions, and support in raising capital, or executing M&A transactions, to entrepreneurial companies. The firm specializes in cost-effective financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting, implementing controls, complex modeling, business valuations, and other financial management, and provides strategic help for companies raising growth capital or considering M&A/recapitalization opportunities. Most of the firm’s clients are growing technology, healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrial companies at various stages of development from start-up to tens of millions in annual revenue. Scale Finance has multiple offices in the Carolinas including Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Greensboro, and Wilmington with a team of more than 45 professionals serving more than 130 companies throughout the region.