Corporate report

TAMPA BAY
Tampa firm continues hiring surge
IT security firm ReliaQuest plans to increase the payroll in its corporate headquarters in Tampa by 50% by the end of the year.

ReliaQuest will create 55 new security engineer positions during the expansion period, according to a statement from Gov. Rick Scott. ReliaQuest has been on a fast growth track for more than a year. In early 2015 the cyber security company had 60 employees. Now it has 110.

As the company grows in size, its revenues have followed. Brian Murphy, the firm's CEO, projects 2016 revenue growth of 120%. Revenues increased 115% in 2015 over 2014.