Group-IB, a cybersecurity company, showcased its intelligence-driven Unified Risk Platform at GITEX GLOBAL 2022, the Middle East’s largest technology exhibition.
Ashraf Koheil, Director of Business Development, Middle East & Africa at Group-IB said “Group-IB is delighted to be participating in GITEX 2022, a leading event for our industry in the Middle East. Our attendance underscores Group-IB’s established and ever-growing presence in the region, and follows on the back of a significant strengthening of our capabilities and skill sets in the Middle East and Africa.”
It partnered with Spire Solutions, a value-added distributor (VAD) of the MEA region, for its first Gitex appearance only after 18 months of setting up its Middle East & Africa Threat Intelligence & Research Center in Dubai, UAE.
Koheil said “Group-IB is looking forward to meeting with representatives from its ever-growing client base, including some of the region’s top banking and financial institutions, along with representatives of its thriving partner ecosystem.”
On the opening day of GITEX 2022, Group-IB’s Principal Incident Response and Digital Forensics Analyst (MEA) Svetlana Ostrovskaya participated in the exhibition’s conference track and detailed how Group-IB’s Compromise Assessment capabilities can help organizations discover the hidden threats buried in their networks.
Group-IB: From strength to strength in MEA
Ever since the launch of the company’s regional HQ in Dubai, Group-IB analysts have gone to great lengths to protect the region’s organizations and internet users through the discovery of a range of threats at the hands of malicious actors.
Group-IB highlighted how 147 MENA organisations had their data published to ransomware leak sites between Q1 2021 and Q1 2022 in its 2021/22 Ransomware Uncovered report, and our experts just learned that 17 UAE companies were the target of a campaign by the ransomware gang Conti.
Group-IB’s Digital Risk Protection team discovered more than 120,000 fraudulent domains linked to a wide-scale scheme that saw malicious actors impersonate more than 500 brands in the Middle East and Africa.
Additionally, the company researchers uncovered more than 15,000 fake web pages and social media posts in a complex HR scam over the past year, along with more than 200 domains linked to a fake investment scam.
Unified Risk Platform: Threat Intelligence in Action
Launched in June 2022, Group-IB’s Unified Risk Platform is an ecosystem of solutions that understands each organization’s threat profile and tailors defences against them in real-time, offering organizations 360° protection from malicious actors.
The Managed XDR, Attack Surface Management, Fraud Protection, Digital Forensics & Incident Response, and Threat Intelligence services from Group IB can all be swiftly deployed and integrated into an organization’s cybersecurity strategy thanks to the Unified Risk Platform.
