SICO Bank, Beyon Cyber for Cyber Security Services join hands

TDT | Manama  

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

SICO, a leading regional asset manager, broker, market maker, and investment bank has signed a contract with Beyon Cyber for managed cyber security services.

The partnership, which was signed by SICO CEO Najla Al Shirawi and Beyon Cyber’s CEO, Dr Shaikh Khalid bin Duaij Al Khalifa, will lead to enhancing the cyber security maturity of SICO’s IT Infrastructure to accelerate its digital transformation journey further.

SICO’s CEO Najla Al Shirawi said, “We are pleased to partner with a distinguished national company providing sophisticated and much needed cyber security solutions enabling us to manage and mitigate business risk.”SICO’s Head of Information Technology Mohammed Ibrahim added, “The rapid growth of digitization in recent years has led to increased opportunities for potential cyber-attacks and that is the reason we are working side by side on the cyber security enhancements as well as the digitalization strategy ensuring the strongest cyber security measures are in place.”

Beyon Cyber’s CEO, Dr Shaikh Khalid bin Duaij Al Khalifa commented, “This partnership allows us to bring our years of experience in cyber threat monitoring and response to SICO to help protect them against advanced cyber threats.”

Beyon Cyber, which launched in January, is a subsidiary of Batelco and is focused on offering advanced end-to-end cyber-security solutions, with managed services and advisory to organizations across Bahrain and across the region.