NXN (formerly neXgen Group) has joined forces with McAfee to launch a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) practice in the Middle East. The MSSP practice will enable NXN to build on their already impressive Smart City Managed Service offering by providing governments & enterprises in the GCC, particularly in the critical infrastructure sector, security monitoring, threat detection and analysis services.
Commenting on the decision to add managed security to their service offering, Ghazi Atallah, CEO, NXN, said, “Over the last couple of years, we have made significant investments in building a comprehensive Safe City Managed Services offering and today, through our integrated portfolio of technology, intelligence and insights, we provide smart city managed services—including urban safety and security, security analytics and critical infrastructure protection—to governments, real estate and enterprise customers across the GCC. Adding cybersecurity capabilities is the next step in our evolution and core to our strategy of being able to ultimately offer enterprises end-to-end Smart City technology solutions.”
NXN will leverage its Security Operations Center (SOC) to offer enterprises a full suite of customised security monitoring, threat detection and analysis solutions.
“With the rising adoption of the internet of things (IoT) and the associated proliferation of connected devices, we are seeing cyber-criminals use these devices as an attack vector. With IoT at the heart of these Smart Cities, there is no doubt that having a robust cyber security infrastructure is going to be critical to the success of any Smart City project,” said Tarek Jundi, managing director, Middle East & Turkey, McAfee.
