Etisalat and Telefónica create a SOC in the United Arab Emirates focused on cybersecurity

As part of its smart strategy, Etisalat has signed an alliance with Telefónica to create a Security Operations Center that will offer advanced cybersecurity services to all types of companies. This is an agreement that reinforces the one already signed by both companies in 2011.

Etisalat y Telefónica have signed an agreement in the field of information security that will allow both companies to collaborate in the development and implementation of a Security Operations Center (SOC) in the United Arab Emirates (EAU) equipped with the most advanced technology. The center will offer a wide range of cybersecurity services to organizations of all types and is part of Etisalat's smart strategy to secure the nation's public and private IT infrastructure..

As part of this agreement, Etisalat will boost its managed services portfolio through some of the most advanced technology platforms, provided by Telefónica. Some of these services that the operator will provide, as threat detection, vulnerability management, industrial security and anti-fraud, will help address the ever-changing threats facing the UAE and close the security knowledge gaps that currently exist in the country.

This alliance represents another step in the existing collaboration between Etisalat and Telefónica, after the signing of the strategic agreement signed in 2011.

“Etisalat remains strongly committed to meeting the growing security needs of organizations in the UAE and aims to help them transform into a Smart environment.. This alliance with Telefónica will allow us to offer our clients safer and more intelligent managed security services, and cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. The security operations center that will be born from this collaboration will offer security, tracking and advanced access 24×7 to threat intelligence correlation services”, Abdullah Hashim pointed out, Senior Vice President of Digital Services at Etisalat.

For your part, Oliver Martinez, Director of Security for Companies of the Telefónica Group, explained that this collaboration will allow the SOCs of Dubai and Madrid to be connected, “it will improve the effectiveness of security services and the identification of new threats and vulnerabilities that affect our clients.”. The agreement highlights the role that telecommunications companies play in fully managing the security and integrity of customer data and operations. The agreement demonstrates Telefónica's advanced capabilities and technologies in the field of digital security intelligence and ratifies our commitment to becoming a digital telecommunications company.".