Technology security specialist Threatscape has become the first company in Britain or Ireland, and one of the first three in Europe, to achieve the highest partnership status from security giant Symantec.

Threatscape, which was founded just over a year ago, has been awarded Symantec enterprise security specialisation and Symantec platinum partner designations.

Threatscape managing director Dermot Williams said: "We have demonstrated our ability to protect enterprises from sophisticated threats by gaining Symantec's enterprise security specialisation. This really differentiates Threatscape and opens up a wide range of business opportunities for us."

To achieve the awards Threatscape had to meet or exceed Symantec's technical and sales criteria in the areas of enterprise security, data loss prevention and endpoint management.