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With more than 30 years of experience , seven offices and over 1,500 employees across the region , Gulf Business Machines ( GBM ) is a leading end-to-end digital solutions provider , offering the region ’ s broadest portfolio , including industry-leading digital infrastructure , digital business solutions , security and services . Recently , the company unveiled GBM Shield at its flagship Security Summit to address to address the evolving security challenges that regional organisations face .

Developed to address evolving security challenges that regional organisations face due to the sophisticated threat landscape , the GBM Shield cyber defence programme taps into GBM ’ s extensive experience and

Hani Nofal , Vice President , Digital Infrastructure Solutions , GBMEast local know-how , while also providing 24 by 7 access to GBM ’ s uniquely skilled team of security professionals . In a holistic approach to cybersecurity , the programme is riskdriven rather than technology-driven , thus enhancing existing technologies within an organisation to elevate its security and cyber resiliency and increase the returns on security investment .

In September , GBM announced the acquisition of majority shares of Coordinates Middle East , a regional managed detection and response firm headquartered in Dubai . GBM Shield will be powered by Cor ., Coordinates ’ innovative platform that enables integration , automation , and orchestration across any technology to provide defence-grade services to enterprises of all sizes .

GBM ’ s annual cybersecurity report released earlier this year highlighted how redesigning security for the digital-first world and protecting it from external and internal threats has become a key priority for organisations . These insights mirror findings from last year ’ s GBM Security Report which reported that securing data had become essential to building trust with customers , with 84 % of those surveyed wanting to invest in data security this year . GBM Shield brings together the best of GBM ’ s advance cybersecurity portfolio and its three decades of experience to offer an integrated programme that is vendoragnostic and can be easily scaled up or down based on the needs of the customer .

Hani Nofal , Vice President of Digital Infrastructure Solutions , GBM , said : “ In the last few years , we have seen the technology landscape evolve like never before . With massive leaps in the region ’ s Digital Transformation , and increased adoption of technologies such as cloud and Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), we are seeing increased sophistication in cyberthreats and wider impact on an organisation ’ s operations .

“ Over the last three decades , GBM has become the trusted advisor to regional organisations as they develop their cybersecurity programmes , and this expertise and the partnerships we have in place has allowed us to build the most advanced end-to-end cybersecurity offering in the region today . Through GBM Shield , organisations can easily overcome the complexities , budget constraints and other challenges that come with implementing a cybersecurity program , and benefit from GBM ’ s security experts who can adapt the program based on their evolving needs .”

GBM ’ s comprehensive framework of services and solutions , integrating technologies from global security leaders , has enabled organisations to implement industry best-practices in cybersecurity . With a holistic approach to mitigating security risk , GBM ’ s bespoke cybersecurity program focuses on the people , processes and technology within an organisation .

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