Dubai: Smartworld today announced its partnership with CIEL/GlobalSign to offer Digital Certificates and value add features of Scalable encryption, authentication, identity management services to meet today's digital economy. CIEL/GlobalSign solutions will help Smartworld’s clients conduct SSL secured transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, protection of online identities for secure email and access control to manage millions of verified digital identities and automate authentication and encryption.

Through this partnership Smartworld’s customers around the UAE will be able to protect environments, reduce management cost, and secure mission critical work-flows and services. The identity and security services are delivered via a Web Trust audited robust infrastructure with global data centers, redundancy, high availability, world-class instrumentation protecting the network, and massive scalability demanded by the emerging $14.4 trillion IoE market.

According to a Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations study, more than 60 per cent of business frauds were internal. Experts emphasize on the need for better analysis and strong risk and fraud prevention mechanisms in place for companies.

Abdulqader Obaid Ali, CEO of Smartworld said, “Information technology theft continues to be a major threat to businesses and can add huge costs to the company. We are honored to partner with CIEL/GlobalSign, the leader in identity services, which will enable us as a systems integrator to deploy a full array of online security and web access management solutions for our customers.”

Dr. Salah Rustum confirmed that this collaboration which we have just initiated and launched shall be a milestone for generations to come and a cornerstone for the solid grounds this teamwork and partnership have been primed and commissioned.

Dr Rustum added saying, that if it were not for the far vision of Mr Abdul Qader Obaid Ali and his esteemed Management, the necessity to preserve the integrity of doing business on the Internet, support the confidentiality of all transactions and authenticate both sender and recipient, the Internet would have been a dedicated playground for both hackers and phishers.

Fadi Sidani, the Managing Partner of Governance Dynamics commented,” This is a great step towards Data and Communication Security and is a critical pillar of better Governance for Smart Cities and Organizations and all their stakeholders.”

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About Smartworld

Established in 2008, Smartworld is a joint venture between the Middle East leading telecommunication operator Etisalat and the world’s first purpose build aerotropolis Dubai South. For GCC/MEA organizations, which contribute to infrastructural and economic developments in the region, and are keen to leverage growing digital opportunities, Smartworld offers contextually-aligned digital planning, implementation and operation services & solutions, which improve cost-line, accelerate growth and transform business models.

About CIEL/GlobalSign

CIEL was founded in 1974 with an exclusive focus on Cyber Security, and its objective is to improve the efficiency of the electronic communications and the provisions of quality products, solutions and services with an added value to Partners, resellers and the end Users. CIEL is the only RA – Registration Authority and Vendor since 1998 with Offices in Beirut Lebanon and among the first, if not the First Provider of PKI – Public Key Infrastructure coupled with Web based CIAM – Customer Identity Access Management. CIEL is committed to addressing safety on the Net in the ME region and offers consultancies relating to compliance with the latest GDPR-EU recommendations for the privacy of the users, enterprises and institutions regardless of its nature.

GlobalSign is the leading provider of trusted identity and security solutions enabling businesses, large enterprises , cloud-based service providers and IoT innovators around the World to conduct secure online communications, manage millions of verified digital identities and automate authentication and encryption. GlobalSign high-scale PKI and identity solutions support the billions of services , devices, and people comprising the Internet of Everything (IoE). GlobalSign has Offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

About Governance Dynamics

Governance Dynamics is a professional services firm focused on providing Governance related solutions. The solutions, which are fit for purpose and are delivered by seasoned professionals with long track record in the Middle East and overseas, include IT Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Forensic and Anti Corruption Services.

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