Kaspersky Lab announces the appointment of Amir Kanaan as Managing Director for the META region (Middle East, Turkey and Africa). Amir is stepping up from his previous role of General Manager for the Middle East and will be handed the responsibilities of Maxim Frolov, the company’s previous Managing Director for the META region, who was recently promoted to Vice President of Global Sales at Kaspersky Lab.
In his new role, which was effective as of the 1st of March 2018, Amir will continue to strategically promote the company’s vision of spreading cybersecurity awareness on a national level across the Middle East.
Turkey and Africa. He will look to strengthen the company’s leadership in the region, by promoting Kaspersky Lab’s award-winning business and consumer products as well as the company’s threat intelligence services.
Commenting on his recent appointment, Amir Kanaan, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa said: “Being part of a region that is known to be one of the earliest adopters of new technology is exciting because this fast-paced transition makes the focus on cybersecurity essential. I’m proud to be part of Kaspersky Lab and I’m excited to work on improving the level of cybersecurity in the META region.
Together with our partners we will be constantly helping individuals and organisations to stay safe from the dangers of the cyberworld.”
Earlier this year, Kaspersky Lab announced a 8% year-on-year growth globally for 2017. The company’s performance was driven by strong results in the regions, in particular, the META region showing a 31% growth in bookings in 2017[1].
This growth is contributed to the company’s various initiatives that are aimed at promoting cyber safety as well as to its award-winning solutions and services, aimed at helping consumers and all kinds of businesses to stay protected. The company offers Security Intelligence Services to corporate customers, as well as the comprehensive integrated Kaspersky Endpoint Security platform and a range of specialised, targeted solutions.
Among its new offerings are Kaspersky Threat Management and Defense – an advanced cybersecurity platform to protect enterprises from complex threats, and Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 – a solution bringing Next Generation detection technologies for providing enhanced protection for Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365.
