SECURITY NEWS
Stephan Berner , CEO at Help AG
Help AG partners with CrowdStrike to advance endpoint protection and incident response for Middle East businesses
With the protection of endpoint devices being a prime concern for businesses as they adapt to increased remote working in the new normal , Help AG , the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital , has announced its partnership with CrowdStrike , a leader in clouddelivered endpoint protection . As a member of the CrowdStrike Elevate Partner Programme , Help AG will offer the awardwinning CrowdStrike Falcon platform for comprehensive , real time endpoint protection to businesses in the Middle East , with an initial focus on organisations in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ).
In recent months , the uptake of cloudbased technologies has been accelerated in the region , owing to the urgent need for the rapid , remote deployment of advanced IT solutions as businesses strive to maintain continuity by enhancing their digital footprint and services . Highlighting the region ’ s growing acceptance and appetite for cloud-delivered services , Gartner estimates that public cloud services revenue in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) will total nearly US $ 3 billion this year . “ This partnership with CrowdStrike aligns with Help AG ’ s cloud-first strategy and offers our
customers near-instant access to one of the industry ’ s highest-rated endpoint detection and response solutions with no upfront CAPEX ,” said Stephan Berner , Chief Executive Officer at Help AG .
“ Today ’ s sophisticated attacks leverage exploits , zero days and hard-to-detect methods such as credential theft and vulnerabilities that are already part of the victim ’ s environment . CrowdStrike provides a powerful and an intelligent solution that is simple to deploy and that goes beyond just detecting malware to stopping breaches before they occur ,” explained Berner . Commenting on the synergy between the two companies , he said : “ CrowdStrike Falcon is unique in that it is a truly stand-alone solution that perfectly integrates with technologies from several of our other market-leading vendor partners . This enhances Help AG ’ s value-proposition and enables us to offer a comprehensive cybersecurity solution that delivers instant visibility and protection across the enterprise and prevents attacks on endpoints , whether they are on or off the network .”
CrowdStrike Falcon unifies nextgeneration antivirus ( NGAV ), endpoint
detection and response ( EDR ), cyberthreat intelligence , managed threat hunting capabilities and security hygiene via a single , lightweight agent that is cloud-managed and delivered . The benefits of this unified and lightweight approach include immediate time-to-value , better performance , reduced cost and complexity and better protection that goes beyond detecting malware to stop breaches before they occur .
“ As organisations have moved their workforces outside of physical offices , the threat landscape has grown exponentially . Avoiding a breach is more important than ever before as organisations look to avoid any further disruption to their business ,” said Rawad Sarriedine , CrowdStrike Senior Managing Director , Middle East , Turkey and Africa Sales .
“ We are proud to partner with an industry leader like Help AG to bring the best-of-breed CrowdStrike Falcon to enterprises in UAE , assisting in their Digital Transformation by providing a purpose-built cloud security offering that is easily and remotely deployed and managed and that protects their workloads at scale , irrespective of where their employees are located .” •
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