Partnering with MENA customers to build future-ready secure workspace

Veronica Martin caught up with Harish Menon, CEO at Accops to discuss GITEX 2022 and the company’s plans for the region.

Can you tell our readers about some of the solutions and partnerships during GITEX this year?

I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of GITEX and showcase our solutions to customers, partners, and exhibitors. Our portfolio comprises of information security tools and virtual desktops, enabling a secure digital workspace.

In the last 12 months, how has your company performed in the MENA market? Has your company ventured into any new markets/countries, and can you share your overall growth?

Our engineering centre is in Pune, India and in last five years we have expanded globally. Japan is our second biggest market outside of India, followed by the MENA. We are also expanding our footprint in North America and Europe. We have seen a healthy double-digit growth over the last 8 quarters in MENA with many marquee wins in Government, Semi Government and Enterprise cutting across Industry verticals. We are thrilled to see initiatives like Digital Dubai and can foresee Accops becoming an integral part of this region’s digital transformation journey.

Which technologies and IT trends are the forefront of driving innovation for your business?

Today users are coming from different locations, users who are not limited to employees but extend to partners, vendors, customers. The definition of users now also includes machines who are accessing a corporate network.

It’s no longer people; it’s managing the collaboration between people and machines.

Our commitment to continually innovate considers the following building blocks to ensure people and machines deliver desired outcomes in a digitally transforming world.

Trust is number one. There is a zero-trust network access framework which we work on, which encompasses, Trust No One Principle; Strengthen identity security using CIAM and reimplement AAA (authentication, authorisation & accounting) using an adaptive security approach.

We then advice clients to focus on vendor consolidation as more vendors imply, more complexities. Our digital workspace suite helps customers work with less vendors, improve operational efficiency and user experience.

Third building block is to invest in technologies which can detect & resolve/isolate data breaches in real time, automate monitoring of security landscape using AI & ML, to ensure security threats are proactively defended.

We are also propagating desktop as a service which offers an extra layer of protection, simplifies IT administration, and provides a rich virtual experience.