🇺🇸Reality Defender
🚀 StartupEnterprise
Real-time deepfake detection for video, voice, image — used by Fortune 500.
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AI in Cybersecurity
🛡 Cybersecurity
AI is the new battleground in cybersecurity — both offence and defence. Threat actors use LLMs to write phishing emails in fluent Arabic, generate convincing deepfake CEO voice notes, and automate vulnerability discovery. Defenders use the same tools to detect anomalous behaviour, automate SOC triage, and verify identity in real time. The MENA stakes are high: GCC banks and government entities are top phishing targets, and Arabic-language attacks now outpace defenders' Arabic-language tooling. The single biggest win for any MENA business right now is deepfake-detection on inbound voice/video communications + AI-driven email security.
Made in Egypt
1 Egyptian startup working in Cybersecurity
Three quick wins this week
- 1Deploy AI-powered email security (Abnormal, Mimecast) to catch Arabic phishing your gateway misses
- 2Pilot a deepfake-detection layer on any voice/video channel where execs make payment approvals
- 3Use Wiz or Snyk to scan your cloud infra for misconfigurations — they find what humans miss
🚀 Startups to watch
2 startups
🇪🇬CyShield
🚀 Startup🇪🇬 Egyptian startupEnterpriseMENA
Egyptian cybersecurity consulting + managed services — boutique, regional, growing.
All curated AI tools
13 tools that work
🇺🇸CrowdStrike Falcon
Enterprise
AI-driven endpoint detection + response — what the world's biggest enterprises run.
🇺🇸SentinelOne
Enterprise
Autonomous endpoint AI; counter to CrowdStrike with strong MENA enterprise presence.
🇬🇧Darktrace
Enterprise
UK-built AI for network anomaly detection — detects threats by behavior not signatures.
🇺🇸Wiz
Enterprise
Cloud security posture — the fastest-growing cybersec startup of the decade.
🇺🇸Snyk
Freemium
Developer-first security — scans code, containers, infrastructure-as-code.
🇺🇸Reality Defender
Enterprise
Real-time deepfake detection for video, voice, image — used by Fortune 500.
🇺🇸Abnormal Security
Enterprise
AI email security — catches BEC + AI-generated phishing the gateway misses.
🇦🇪Help AG
EnterpriseMENA
UAE-based managed security services — local SOC + threat intel for the GCC.
🇪🇬CyShield
🇪🇬 Egyptian startupEnterpriseMENA
Egyptian cybersecurity consulting + managed services — boutique, regional, growing.
🇺🇸Vectra AI
Enterprise
Network detection + response — AI behavioural analytics for hybrid cloud.
🇺🇸Recorded Future
Enterprise
Threat intelligence platform — what major SOCs use for proactive defence.
🇦🇪Spire Solutions
EnterpriseMENA
UAE-based cybersecurity distributor + integrator — covers GCC enterprise + government.
🇦🇪EITC (du)
EnterpriseMENA
UAE telco's enterprise security + SOC services — sovereign-grade for GCC clients.
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