Laurence Elbana, Director, Sales – Middle East, CyberArk, spotlights Secure AI Agents and CoraAI at GITEX 2025, empowering organizations to tackle AI-driven threats and secure privileged access across environments.
What are CyberArk’s key priorities for participating in GITEX this year, and how does the event align with your mission to enhance cybersecurity across the Middle East?
CyberArk’s key priorities for GITEX Global focus on helping organizations to address the unprecedented cybersecurity challenges arising from AI and machine identities, alongside preparing for reduced TLS certificate validity from 2026. The company will showcase two critical solutions: CyberArk Secure AI Agents, which enables identity-first security for autonomous AI systems, and CoraAI, an AI-powered assistant that helps secure privileged access across all environments. GITEX provides the ideal platform for CyberArk to engage directly with regional organizations about these threats and discuss robust solutions to secure their operations while focusing on their core business objectives.
Privileged access management is increasingly critical—how is CyberArk helping organizations in the region secure identities and reduce risk in hybrid and cloud environments?
CyberArk is helping regional organizations secure identities and reduce risk through unified credential vaulting and secrets management across hybrid and cloud environments. The platform delivers consistent role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and session monitoring whether users access Dubai-based cloud services or Riyadh data centers. Identity bridges and federation protocols create seamless, secure connections between disparate systems and maintain security integrity at the same time. By centralizing privilege lifecycle management and compliance processes, CyberArk enables organizations to maintain uniform security standards across its entire infrastructure footprint, significantly reducing risk and complexity.
With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated, how is CyberArk adapting its solutions to meet the unique challenges faced by governments and enterprises in the Middle East?
At CyberArk, we are expanding our certification portfolio and strengthening our collaboration with governments to meet evolving cybersecurity mandates across the Middle East. We recently received Cloud Service Provider certification from Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC), demonstrating our compliance with security standards required for serving Dubai government and semi-government entities. This certification assures organizations that our cloud security services meet government-recognized security and compliance standards in Dubai, enabling public sector customers to confidently select CyberArk for securing digital assets.
How does CyberArk collaborate with regional partners and channel ecosystems to deliver scalable, secure solutions tailored to local regulatory and operational needs?
CyberArk partners with a robust network of regional partners in the Middle East. This collaboration ensures solutions are tailored to align with specific local needs and operational practices of countries in the region. This approach enables scalable and secure delivery of advanced identity security platforms and enables us to reach and help a broader base of customers.
What role does CyberArk’s innovation roadmap play in supporting digital transformation initiatives across sectors like finance, energy, and public infrastructure in the region?
By focusing on tackling security challenges around identity security, just-in-time access, and DevOps pipelines, CyberArk’s innovation roadmap helps organizations to innovate and digitally transform securely. The roadmap ensures that as organizations adopt new technologies such as AI and cloud, they can maintain a strong security posture against evolving cyber threats, protecting critical assets and ensuring business continuity.
How does GITEX serve as a platform for CyberArk to showcase its leadership in identity security and deepen engagement with regional stakeholders and cybersecurity decision-makers?
As the region’s leading technology event, GITEX gathers a critical mass of organizations from a broad range of sectors. Cybersecurity is a significant component of the event and gives us the opportunity to meet with organizations from key target sectors including, financial services, government, healthcare and energy. The event not only provides us with the opportunity to discuss our latest innovations, but also to catch up with partners and customers, and hear about the challenges, trends, and opportunities they see in the marketplace. These meetings—both formal and informal—are invaluable.