Help AG becomes a Microsoft partner in the GCC

Help AG becomes a Microsoft partner in the GCC

Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of e& enterprise (formerly known as Etisalat Digital), has been named as the managed security services provider (MSSP) partner of Microsoft in the GCC. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding at the 2022 edition of the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (Gisec), the cybersecurity event held in Dubai. By partnering with Microsoft, Help AG will be able to provide services based on all Microsoft security products, including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, covering the domains of security management and identity, information, and threat protection. Commenting on the partnership, Stephan Berner, chief executive officer at Help AG, said: “The modern cyberthreat landscape has made it essential to adopt an all-inclusive approach that covers security, compliance, identity, management, and privacy. As a pioneer proponent of the ‘service centric approach’, Help AG has been building offerings that customers can avail ‘as a service’ based on state-of-the-art security platforms and tools. Help AG along with Microsoft now offers the world’s most comprehensive approach to security, as a part of ‘Help AG as a service’, including solutions such as Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for cloud apps, Microsoft Defender for IoT, and Azure active directory identity protection.” Sayed Hashish, general