vArmour and DarkMatter Jointly Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Data Center and Cloud Security Leadership in the Middle East

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 17, 2016) - vArmour, the leading data center and cloud security company, and DarkMatter, an international cybersecurity firm headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, today jointly announced a partnership arrangement to offer joint customers end-to-end cyber security solutions.

DarkMatter will enhance customer data center and cloud security environments through its newly formed partnership with vArmour by offering best-of-breed data solutions that protect against cyber threats by providing incident response that incorporates advanced security analytics and automated cyber attack containment.

DarkMatter's approach to increased cyber resiliency across its customers' networks will draw on vArmour's Distributed Security System (DSS) technology that helps organizations gain application-layer visibility and control of their network, applications and users to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks and breaches in data center and cloud environments.

In today's increasingly digitized enterprise landscape, organizations across the Middle East region and globally are making critical decisions and driving processes based heavily on virtual and cloud-based IT environments.

Commenting on the partnership, Faisal Al Bannai, Chief Executive Officer of DarkMatter, said, "As enterprises increasingly migrate to the cloud, we look to identify technology partners with whom we can collaborate to help guide our customers when making critical decisions and executing cloud-driven processes. As a result of our partnership with vArmour, DarkMatter will expand its suite of innovative joint solutions to protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure, both today and into the future."

Moving forward, the two companies will continue to invest in joint offerings to provide solutions around:

• Policy-based enhanced security screening/modules with advanced analytics tuned to the GCC market.
• Unified security fabric delivering consistent security and segmentation for virtual workloads regardless of location across private clouds and public clouds.
• Custom cybersecurity stacks that can be rapidly deployed to protect sensitive data through the security lifecycle from before, during and after an attack.

"vArmour continues to observe a paradigm shift in the way organizations invest, adopt and deploy operationally efficient technologies, like the cloud and hyper-converged infrastructures," said Tim Eades, CEO, vArmour. "In working with leading global security providers like DarkMatter, our resulting partnership will bring forth best-of-breed segmentation and micro-segmentation technology, along with advanced security analytics to combat targeted attacks. As a result, joint customers will be able to dynamically and automatically respond to and contain threats across both public and private cloud environments."

About vArmour
vArmour, the data center and cloud security company, delivers software-based segmentation and micro-segmentation to protect critical applications and workloads with the industry's first distributed security system. Based in Mountain View, CA, the company was founded in 2011 and is backed by top investors including Highland Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Work-Bench Ventures, Allegis Capital, Redline Capital, and Telstra. The vArmour DSS Distributed Security System is deployed across the world's largest banks, telecom service providers, government agencies, healthcare providers, and retailers. Partnering with companies including AWS, Cisco, HPE, and VMware, vArmour builds security into modern infrastructures with a simple and scalable approach that drives unparalleled agility and operational efficiency. Learn more at www.varmour.com

About DarkMatter
Staffed by global experts and headquartered in the UAE, DarkMatter provides peace of mind through consulting and project implementations that are scalable to clients of any size and that address any domain of cyber security threat or risk. As a trusted partner to governments and critical infrastructure entities, the firm also works with leading global companies operating in the field of electronic and cyber security. DarkMatter's vision is to secure the future by protecting its technologies. Agile and innovative, DarkMatter takes a comprehensive approach to helping its clients navigate the complex and ever-evolving world of threat and risk mitigation strategies, tools, policies and systems. With head offices in the UAE and serving regional and global customers, DarkMatter is a team of cyber security specialists dedicated to providing secure, trusted and integrated protection services. As a strategic partner to governments and critical entities, we have the proven integrity, intelligence and cyber security capability to safeguard a nation. DarkMatter is transforming the cyber security landscape by providing a complete range of state-of-the-art services and solutions to government and enterprise. Our end-to-end expertise extends to:

Governance, Risk and Compliance
We work with public and private entities in all verticals to audit and assess their performance against regulatory standards, helping identify gaps and meet obligations.

Cyber Network Defence
Our elite team of cyber experts, engaged across all competencies and functions, tasked with identifying and responding to the most advanced threats, threat actors, and cyber attacks.

Managed Security Services
We offer a remote monitoring remediation and resolution service that puts the full capabilities and resources of the DarkMatter organisation at the service of our MSS teams. Whether you need a SOC built and operated from scratch or you need assistance in upgrading what you currently have in place, DarkMatter can provide assistance.

Public Key Infrastructure
DarkMatter's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) provides consulting to governments on the establishment of national root certificates of trust for countries. This places us in a unique position to understand not only the regulatory environment, but also the broader PKI environment, local players and Certification Authority entities. We also are the only full-service Certification Authority and PKI consultant to be headquartered in the region, and one of only a few to be located outside of North America.

Secure Communications
DarkMatter's Secure Communications Suite protects fixed and mobile voice, video, chat, email, file sharing, data communication, as well as device management across various platforms and operating systems.

Infrastructure and System Integration
This area underpins our professional services offering for governments and corporations, providing applications, services and solutions that ensure our clients remain at the forefront of cyber security.

Smart Solutions
We offer a comprehensive security suite of services comprising elements of protection for both homes and businesses: The Connected and Secure Home & Office; Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures; Mobile Peace of Mind; and Trusted Hardware supply.

Staffed by global experts and headquartered in the UAE, DarkMatter provides peace of mind through consulting and project implementations that are scalable to clients of any size and that address any domain of cyber security threat or risk. As a trusted partner to governments and critical infrastructure entities, the firm also works with leading global companies operating in the field of electronic and cyber security. DarkMatter's vision is to secure the future by protecting its technologies.

Agile and innovative, DarkMatter takes a comprehensive approach to helping its clients navigate the complex and ever-evolving world of threat and risk mitigation strategies, tools, policies and systems.

www.darkmatter.ae