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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – OSN, the region’s leading entertainment network today announced that it has adopted Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection to shore up its perimeter and protect its digital estate against an increasingly challenging threat landscape.
“OSN offers the region’s broadest spectrums of English and Arabic exclusive entertainment, including the latest movies, TV series and kids’ shows,” said Ronald Stewart Dsa, IT Director at OSN. “Our focus is always our customer, so we needed to adopt a robust security framework which covers prevention, detection and response, endpoint protections, emails, identities, data and cloud apps to ensure the protection of our customers. Microsoft has proven capabilities in protecting digital estates and comes on board as the most trusted partner in our digital transformation journey.”
OSN faced the challenge of running multiple third-party security components that were not fully integrated into the corporate environment. The company sought an advanced, unified, end-to-end security and compliance platform to target sophisticated, fileless and zero-day threats. After companywide deployment of Microsoft 365 E5 Security and Compliance, OSN was equipped with a single dashboard from which to simplify operational complexity and more effectively protect against modern threats.
“Microsoft’s mission is to empower every individual and organisation on the planet to achieve more, and cybersecurity is at the heart of that ethos.,” said Yvonne Chebib, Director Oil & Gas, and Growth Services, Microsoft UAE. “We spend around US$ 1 billion each year to ensure our ecosystem is a safe place for innovators, so they can excel without having to look over their shoulders. Every layer of Azure is infused with the industry’s highest standards of security; and customer data is encrypted both at rest and in transit. Customers such as OSN are rightly concerned about advanced threats, zero-day exploits and other sophisticated attacks. But OSN now joins tens of thousands of organisations worldwide that trust in Microsoft’s intelligent and versatile cloud.”
Delivering enterprise-grade security was a key factor in driving Microsoft to open two UAE-based cloud data centres – one in Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai, to serve the Middle East market. From these two new state-of-the-art facilities, the company offers the world’s highest standards of cybersecurity to organisations across the region, regardless of their scale or industry.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft opened its Dubai-based headquarters in 1991, which, today, oversees operations across the region.
About OSN
OSN is the region’s leading entertainment network with the rights to broadcast into 24 countries across the MENA. The company is owned and operated by Panther Media Group, registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and has two shareholders, KIPCO and the Mawarid Group Limited.
OSN has a history of providing exceptional value for customers with its focus on exclusive and in-demand content, and innovative digital platforms for anywhere, anytime access.
OSN’s strength is its unbeatable range of exclusive programming led by its long-term partnerships with studio majors including Disney, HBO, NBC Universal, Fox, Paramount, MGM, and Sony to name a few.
OSN is the home for premium and nowhere-else content in Arabic, English, Filipino and South Asian languages. OSN broadcasts the latest content at the same minute as in the US, including popular series, blockbuster movies, and the best in kids and lifestyle programming. In addition, OSN also provides entertainment content for devices such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones via its OSN Play, online and mobile app entertainment platform, WAVO, offering movies, series on the go.
OSN has been at the forefront of digital technology innovation in the Middle East introducing the first Digital Video Recorder HD, OSN Play, an online TV platform, an internet-enabled satellite receiver and recorder and OSN on Demand, the region's first VOD service.
OSN’s ambition is to deliver entertainment everywhere for everyone, which is informed by the company’s three key pillars: A customer-first approach, unrivalled exclusive content and unbeatable value.
For more information (Press only):
Microsoft
Hassan Al Shouli , Microsoft MEA
E : alshouli@microsoft.com
M: +971 50 934 0133
Husain Gandhi, ProGlobal Media
E: h.gandhi@proglobal.ae
T: +971 56 534 8764
OSN
Claire Lawson, Impact Porter Novelli
E: c.lawson@ipn.ae
T: +971 55 400 3235
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