Thales, a global technology leader, has announced the launch of a Cyber Hub in Dubai that will cater to the UAE and the wider Middle East region.
The new hub will become a centre of excellence for Cyber Consulting, services to the region. The Middle East, and in particular the UAE, have huge digital ambitions and is becoming increasingly digitized across virtually all its major infrastructures. The Cyber Hub will harness Thales’s local expertise and use established world-class methodologies as well as cyber training, simulation and threat intelligence.
Thales has invested over €1 billion ($1.23 billion) over the past three years in key digital technologies, including IoT, big data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. These competencies will be brought to bear at the Dubai Cyber Hub, where the group’s expertise in safety and security critical markets, will be leveraged against Thales’s region-specific expertise and footprint. The strategy aims at helping customers in the region deliver successful business and digital transformation, both safely and securely.
Through a consultancy-led approach, the Cyber Hub will utilise established methodologies developed by the group, including, cyber health checks, cyber vulnerability investigations, industrial control and SCADA specific risk assessment, as well as cyber training and simulation and threat intelligence. These methodologies, will be leveraged with the products and services from Thales’s diverse portfolio, and tailored to local needs by using local expertise, with the ultimate aim of enabling local businesses to adopt a more agile and proactive response to customer needs.
Source: https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Thales_to_open_cybersecurity_hub_in_Dubai-SNG_114166634/
