Kaspersky is proud to announce that it has been awarded the 2025 Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa (META) Competitive Strategy Leadership Recognition by Frost & Sullivan, a global leader in growth advisory and market research. This award recognizes Kaspersky’s outstanding achievements in threat prevention, innovation, stakeholder engagement, and strategic execution across the region.
The recognition underscores Kaspersky’s leadership in advancing cybersecurity maturity and resilience across the META region. By aligning national priorities with advanced capabilities and embedding trust-driven innovation into regional digital transformation, Kaspersky continues to drive meaningful impact in one of the world’s most dynamic cyber threat environments.
Frost & Sullivan’s benchmarking process evaluates companies across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. Kaspersky excelled in both, demonstrating a strong ability to align its vision with market needs and deliver impactful outcomes through regional sensitivity and operational excellence.
“Kaspersky’s strategic model is rooted in operational localization, trust-building, and capacity development. Its partnerships with telecoms, government bodies, and academic institutions across the region represent a sophisticated, well-coordinated approach to threat prevention,” said Sapan Agarwal, Senior Vice President at Frost & Sullivan.
Guided by a long-term regional growth strategy, Kaspersky has focused on integrating cybersecurity capabilities with local needs - addressing national digital agendas, regulatory frameworks, and public-private collaboration. The company’s agility in securing critical infrastructure, adapting products to regional requirements, and contributing to workforce development has reinforced its presence across the Gulf, North Africa, and beyond.
Innovation remains at the heart of Kaspersky’s approach. The company’s Kaspersky Next platform, featuring multi-layered protection, EDR, and XDR capabilities, along with its specialized ICS Cyber Security suite, delivers robust threat prevention for both enterprise and industrial sectors. These solutions are built to be scalable, regulatory-compliant, and future-ready - fortifying cybersecurity at every layer of the digital ecosystem.
“We believe effective cybersecurity goes beyond technology - it’s about collaboration,” said Toufic Derbass, Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa at Kaspersky. “That’s why we work closely with governments and law enforcement agencies, including INTERPOL globally and AFRIPOL regionally, to share threat intelligence and combat cybercrime. Just as importantly, we’re investing in local capacity-building and education initiatives to help develop national expertise and strengthen resilience across the META region.”
Kaspersky’s proactive investment in cybersecurity talent development includes initiatives like Cyber Generation in Saudi Arabia, awareness campaigns with Cyber Security Council in the UAE, academic partnerships, and technical training programs for national stakeholders across the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa.
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