About the Author — Top Cybersecurity Companies In Dubai
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About the author

Omar Al-Rashid

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst — 11 years in offensive security and vendor evaluation

Omar has led penetration-testing engagements across the UAE financial and fintech sector and reviewed vendor security postures for enterprise procurement teams since 2015. He founded this index in 2023 to give buyers an evidence-based alternative to vendor marketing pages, and personally rechecks every certification and analyst placement cited against its primary public source before each quarterly update.

Background
  • M.Sc. Information Security — worked in offensive security teams across Dubai and the wider GCC region since 2015.
  • Led manual penetration tests and Red Team engagements for fintech and crypto-exchange clients.
  • Reviews vendor SOC 2, ISO 27001 and analyst-placement claims against primary public sources before they're cited here.
  • Has no equity or advisory relationship with any company evaluated on this site — see the editorial policy.

How this ranking is built

Read the full scoring methodology, or see how each company is tested before it's added to the index.