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Two cybersecurity firms tapped regional heads for <\/strong>their UAE offices <\/strong>as rising cyber threats and AI-driven attacks keep demand for regional security talent elevated.<\/p>\n

Up first: <\/strong>California-based, AI-powered SentinelOne appointed former Microsoft UAE executive Girard Moussa (LinkedIn<\/a>) as area vice president for sales across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), where he will oversee regional sales strategy across enterprise and public-sector markets, ITP.net<\/a> reports. Moussa previously held senior roles at Google Cloud, SAP, Cisco, and Splunk.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, UK-based Sophos named Dubai-based Hussain Salman (<\/strong>LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>) as enterprise services director for the Gulf region<\/strong> to lead delivery across the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar, according to a press release<\/a>. Salman previously held roles at Dell Technologies and Secureworks.<\/p>\n

The logic is all about the threat backdrop:<\/strong> SentinelOne said organizations can no longer rely on traditional security models as AI increases threat sophistication, while Sophos said the Middle East has entered a \u201cnew strategic era\u201d for cybersecurity requiring more proactive, intelligence-led defences.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not wrong: <\/strong>The hires land as cyberattacks targeting the UAE have climbed to as many as 700k incidents a day<\/a> since the regional conflict began, according to UAE Cyber Security Council Chairman Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, amid a wave of phishing, malware, and infrastructure-focused attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both firms framed the hires as a response to a fast-changing threat landscape, and the timing is hard to 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