Help AG and Forcepoint partner to
enable Middle East enterprises to
protect their data from breaches
and insider threats
In a move that strengthens its ability
to enable Middle East businesses to
protect their data against breaches,
insider threats and cyberattacks, Help AG,
a leading cybersecurity solutions, services
and consultancy provider, has entered into a
partnership with global cybersecurity leader,
Forcepoint. While the agreement extends
across Forcepoint’s entire product portfolio,
Help AG will focus particularly on the
vendor’s unique dynamic security protection
offerings, Dynamic Data Protection,
Dynamic Edge Protection and Dynamic User
Protection, offering these to enterprises in
the UAE and KSA.
“Data is one of the most valuable assets
for businesses and its protection is therefore
a top priority. Middle East organisations are
looking to safeguard their data, not just for
compliance purposes, but also because of
the potential impact breaches can have on
Business Continuity and brand reputation,”
said Stephan Berner, CEO at Help AG.
Research by the Ponemon Institute has
shown that the impact of data breaches
has been especially severe for Middle East
organisations. The region reports the world’s
highest average number of breached records
at 38,000 per incident with the average
cost of each data breach averaging at nearly
US$6 million. Both these figures are about
50% more than the global average.
“Forcepoint’s security solutions perfectly
complement the rest of our portfolio and
its model has the benefit of supporting
both cloud and on-premises deployment
options. Furthermore, its open platform
strategy facilitates seamless integration
with other industry-leading solutions. We
can therefore leverage its products to build
comprehensive, multi-vendor solutions that
protect the entire data life cycle for our
clients, whether in the
cloud or in private data
centres,” said Berner.
Forcepoint offers next
generation DLP, which
overcomes the rigidity
and hurdles of traditional
DLP by reducing alert
volumes, false positives
and alarms to focus on
what matters. Forcepoint
is a nine-time leader
in Gartner’s Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise
DLP and its solutions protect organisations
from information leaks and data loss at the
perimeter, inside the organisation and in
enterprise cloud apps, including Office 365,
Box and Salesforce.
The vendor’s DLP solution includes an
analytics engine that identifies and ranks highrisk
incidents, reducing false positives and
enabling businesses to isolate problems faster.
Dynamic Data Protection employs
behavioural analytics and Machine Learning
in its solution to examine and assess user
behaviour. By understanding attributes
like typical access patterns of users, this
individualised, adaptive security protects
enterprises against malicious user actions
such as data exfiltration or unauthorised
access to critical assets and systems.
“As business models evolve to meet the
challenges of Digital Transformation, the way
that organisations adapt their data protection
strategies will prove critical. By moving to
a human-centric approach which places the
data and the understanding of user behaviour
at the centre of their design, organisations
can proactively protect themselves,” said
Gihan Kovacs, Senior Country Manager for
UAE and Pakistan at Forcepoint. “Help AG has
a proven track record in rapidly assessing and
embracing best of breed technologies that
solve key cybersecurity challenges. We are
confident that with its expertise and support
we will be ready to successfully engage
with and serve a broader segment of Middle
East enterprises.” •
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