November 20, 2023 at 12:47PM
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with Google and Haboob, a cybersecurity service provider, to offer Chronicle CyberShield as a managed service for the nation’s public sector organizations. The deal also includes an AI-powered managed security monitoring service, incident response capabilities, and a government security operations center overseen by Haboob. This move highlights Saudi Arabia’s collaboration with US cybersecurity vendors.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with Google and Haboob, a cybersecurity service provider, to offer Google’s Chronicle CyberShield as a managed service. This service aims to enhance the security of Saudi Arabia’s public sector organizations. The deal also includes an AI-powered managed security monitoring service, incident response capabilities, cyber defense assessments, and red-teaming capabilities from Mandiant. Chronicle CyberShield allows government agencies to integrate threat intelligence, detection, and response, enabling them to share threat information, accelerate investigations, and coordinate a united response. Haboob will also oversee the launch of a government security operations center (SOC) in Saudi Arabia. This move follows Saudi energy company Aramco’s plan to enhance security for its operational technology environments through a partnership with Dragos.