Invincea Signs StarLink as Distributor in Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 - Dubai, UAE: StarLink , the region's trusted security-specialized "true" Value-Added-Distributor (VAD), announced today its new distribution partnership with Invincea. StarLink will spearhead sales, professional services and support for Invincea products and solutions through its Channel Partners across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Invincea is trusted by leading organisations across the enterprise and government sectors. Whether targeted by spear-phishing and watering hole attacks, or falling victim to attacks of opportunity such as poisoned search results, drive-by-downloads, social networking worms and ransomware/fake anti-virus, Invincea is the solution, said the company.

"Invincea is honoured to partner with StarLink to expand coverage into an important geographic region to guard against the ever-increasing complexity of malware threats. Global commerce, intellectual property value, and business continuity is severely impacted by threat actors seeking to profit by exploiting the single largest attack vector in organizations of all sizes – the user. By partnering with StarLink as our trusted Value Added Distributor in the regions they cover, we are excited about the joint opportunities we provide for protection against advanced cyberattacks," said Paul J. Bihunak, Vice President, Business Development and Global Alliances, Invincea.

"Market research shows, the annual cost of cybercrime is a whopping $100 billion. Also compliance is getting ever more important. At GITEX this year, StarLink will showcase a unique mix of defense-in-depth solutions to combat the latest cyber-threats and address today's compliance challenges in the Middle East. Our solutions are focused on the key IT security drivers of Access Control, Advanced Threat Protection, Vulnerability Management and Secure Mobility, which we will showcase at GITEX,” said Mahmoud Nimer, General Manager, StarLink.

"As a continuation of our commitment to assist in securing enterprises against next-generation malware, StarLink takes great pride in becoming the distributor for Invincea in the META region. Invincea is at the forefront of combating cyber threats, and as the newest part of StarLink’s Advanced Threat Protection solution, will ensure precise implementation of integrated and multi-vector protection." said Avinash Advani, VP - Business Strategy at StarLink.