Trend Micro Elevates Saudi Cyber Resilience with New Innovations and Strategic Partnerships

As Saudi Arabia accelerates its digital transformation, cybersecurity has become a central pillar in the Kingdom’s efforts to build a resilient, future-ready digital ecosystem. The rapid expansion of cloud adoption, AI-driven services, and nationwide digital initiatives has created new opportunities but also new vulnerabilities that require sophisticated, proactive defense. Against this backdrop, Black Hat MEA has emerged as a critical platform where global cybersecurity leaders converge to share insights, examine emerging threats, and showcase innovative solutions tailored for the region’s evolving needs.

It is within this dynamic environment that Wasna Ben Gassem, Managing Director for Trend Micro in Saudi Arabia, emphasized the company’s strategic commitment to supporting the Kingdom’s ambitions. She noted that Trend Micro’s participation is driven by the opportunity to engage directly with the organizations shaping Saudi Arabia’s digital future from government entities to critical infrastructure operators and leading enterprises. “This event allows us to exchange knowledge, address emerging risks, and collaborate on building stronger cyber resilience across the Kingdom,” she said. For Trend Micro, Black Hat MEA is not just a showcase, it is a platform to align with national priorities and strengthen collective defense across key sectors.

Within this rapidly evolving landscape, Saudi organizations are undergoing a notable shift in their cybersecurity strategies. Ben Gassem explained that companies are moving away from traditional reactive models and embracing proactive approaches centered on exposure management, threat anticipation, and long-term resilience. This evolution is being driven by rapid digital adoption and the growing prominence of identity-based attacks. As cloud environments, AI systems, and remote-access technologies expand, identity has effectively become the new digital perimeter making credentials, tokens, and session data prime targets for attackers.

This shift is further intensified by the region’s rapidly expanding digital ecosystem. Organizations today depend on a complex web of cloud platforms, third-party providers, and distributed systems, creating an environment where even a single misconfiguration can lead to large-scale impact. To help navigate this interconnected landscape, Trend Micro is leveraging advanced capabilities within its Trend Vision One platform, including Digital Twin technology, Cyber Risk Exposure Management (CREM), and Agentic SIEM. These innovations collectively enable organizations to visualize and predict threats, quantify and prioritize risk, and respond autonomously through AI-driven intelligence capabilities that are increasingly essential as threats become more automated and sophisticated.

Trend Micro’s latest Security Predictions Report for 2026 reinforces these observations. The report highlights that the global threat landscape is entering a new phase defined by automation, speed, and constant connectivity factors that elevate both the scale and complexity of attacks. Ben Gassem emphasized that Saudi organizations are not merely adapting to this reality but actively preparing for it. They are modernizing their architectures, investing early in advanced cybersecurity frameworks, and increasingly recognizing cybersecurity as a strategic enabler of national development rather than a technical afterthought.

The company is also highlighting several major MoUs and partnerships at the event. An MoU with Rezayat aims to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities across the Kingdom and accelerate cloud adoption. Another MoU with Al-Qadsiah Football Club focuses on enhancing cyber readiness within the sports sector, supported by Trend Micro’s sovereign cybersecurity solutions. Additionally, a new strategic partnership with Solidrange will enable the delivery of integrated security solutions aligned with national objectives and Vision 2030.

Supporting Saudi Arabia’s digital goals is a long-term priority for Trend Micro, Ben Gassem affirmed. A key pillar of this commitment is developing local talent, particularly through the CyberGate internship program, which provides young Saudi professionals with hands-on cybersecurity experience and real-world skills. The company also continues to expand knowledge-sharing initiatives and local collaborations to strengthen the Kingdom’s digital resilience.

Ben Gassem concluded that Trend Micro aims to remain a trusted partner to both public and private sectors in Saudi Arabia helping protect critical digital assets, fostering innovation, and contributing to the Kingdom’s aspiration of becoming a globally competitive, digitally empowered economy.