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Dubai, United Arab Emirates : Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital and the region’s trusted IT security advisor, has partnered with Owl Cyber Defense, the global leader in edge security and cross domain solutions (CDS), to offer high-assurance network protection and secure data transfers to critical infrastructure and OT environments.
A pioneer in data diode technology, Owl is the only solutions provider with over 20 years of experience in cross domain solutions that are enforced with data diodes. Some of the world’s largest industrial and commercial organizations, including multiple U.S. government and security agencies along with 90% of the country’s nuclear power plants, trust Owl with the defense of their most sensitive digital assets.
Commenting on the partnership, Stephan Berner, Chief Executive Officer at Help AG, said: “As regional leaders in cybersecurity, Help AG deploys best-of-breed security technologies to design, implement, and configure complex end-to-end security architectures unique to each customer, with a division dedicated to delivering world-class solutions for the OT space. Our partnership with Owl, a global pioneer in hardware-enforced cybersecurity products, perfectly complements our portfolio to offer a complete suite that elevates our customers to greater levels of protection.”
As the global economy moves into the age of rapid digital transformation, the IT and OT environments of critical infrastructure and industrial processes are becoming increasingly interconnected, deploying IoT and automation to remove human error and vastly improve efficiencies. However, the digitization of industrial processes means an increase in the digital attack surface for malicious actors. Cyberattacks on critical targets such as utilities, transportation infrastructure and industrial facilities are becoming increasingly common, costing billions of dollars in damage and lost productivity, not to mention putting personnel and the public at risk.
Glenn Braverman, Vice President, International Sales at Owl Cyber Defense, added: “Today’s challenge is how to communicate securely between a facility’s critical systems or data centers, and third-party systems that require data from those systems. Covering every level of the process from individual PLCs to large-scale SCADA, DCS and Building Management and Automation systems, Owl’s hardware-enforced cybersecurity products act as the gatekeeper for data transfer between critical systems and third-party networks. They create a one-way street to ensure that only essential data is transmitted to where it is needed, and absolutely no malicious data, such as malware or viruses, is allowed back in.”
The average organization has over 300 third-party or external direct connections in their network alone. Cross domain solutions are accredited and validated hardware-enforced cross domain data transfer products, and advanced filtering is built on Owl’s award-winning data diode technology. They are intended for use in high value networks where insurance-based security measures, such as firewalls, SIEM, and IDS, are not sufficient to ensure the security of the trusted domain.
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About Help AG
Help AG is the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital and provides leading enterprise businesses and governments across the Middle East with strategic consultancy combined with tailored information security solutions and services that address their diverse requirements, enabling them to evolve securely with a competitive edge. Present in the Middle East since 2004, Help AG was strategically acquired by Etisalat in 2020, hence creating a cybersecurity and digital transformation powerhouse in the region.
Etisalat Digital is the business unit of Etisalat driving digital transformation by enabling enterprises and governments to become smarter through the use of latest technologies like cloud, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
About Owl Cyber Defense
Owl Cyber Defense cross domain, data diode, and portable media solutions provide hardened network security checkpoints for absolute threat prevention and secure data availability. Certified by the U.S. government, independent testing authorities, and international standards bodies, Owl technologies and services help secure the network edge and enable controlled unidirectional and bidirectional data transfers. For over 20 years, clients worldwide in defense, intelligence, and infrastructure have trusted Owl’s unmatched expertise to protect networks, systems, and devices.
For more information, please contact:
Ziad Ashkar
Account Manager
Gambit Communications
Ziad@gambit.ae
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