{"id":224418,"date":"2026-03-16T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/cybersecurity-firm-ec-council-sues-wpp-over-alleged-non-delivery-of-6-3-mn-revenue-commitment\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:05:11","slug":"cybersecurity-firm-ec-council-sues-wpp-over-alleged-non-delivery-of-6-3-mn-revenue-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/cybersecurity-firm-ec-council-sues-wpp-over-alleged-non-delivery-of-6-3-mn-revenue-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity firm EC-Council sues WPP over alleged non-delivery of $6.3 mn revenue commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersecurity firm EC-Council sues WPP over alleged non-delivery of $6.3 mn revenue commitment<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-16 22:34:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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New Delhi: Cybersecurity certification company EC-Council has sued WPP in Singapore, alleging that the agency group failed to deliver an incremental revenue commitment of about US$6.3 million under a 2024 strategic marketing and advertising mandate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WPP’s AKQA, however, said the dispute centres on unpaid invoices and maintained that it had met all contractual obligations.<\/p>\n

EC-Council alleged that WPP and its affiliated entities generated zero incremental revenue in Quarters 2 and 3 of 2024, and later WPP indicated that the revenue expected for the rest of the year would be lower than the sums specified in the contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WPP, in its defense, denied that this amounted to a simple breach and said the US$6.3 million figure was a projected number in a pitch, with the agreement itself providing for fee adjustments if targets were missed.<\/p>\n

In a call with BestMediaInfo, an EC-Council spokesperson said WPP won the business through a pitch in which the presentation materials were central to what was being promised.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely. There was a competitive pitch process. From our perspective, the commitments outlined in their presentation were not aspirational talking points. They formed the basis on which we selected WPP over other vendors, and they were subsequently formalised in a binding agreement,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that management was drawn to WPP\u2019s offer because, in EC-Council\u2019s view, no other vendor was prepared to commit incremental revenue in the same way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WPP\u2019s defense, however, said the number in question was a projected figure rather than a straightforward guarantee.<\/p>\n

An AKQA spokesperson said, \u201cAKQA’s engagement with EC-Council in May 2024 for specific services involved a commercial arrangement structured specifically for this relationship. The main dispute revolves around EC-Council’s failure to pay overdue invoices. EC-Council filed preemptive legal action in Singapore only after AKQA began pursuing this debt. AKQA met all…<\/p>\n

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