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Dubai, UAE, September 16th, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE – Zameera, a global ultra-luxury travel company curating extraordinary experiences for ultra-high-net-worth clients, and PayitFast, a digital payments platform, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Zameera and Verati, PayitFast’s dedicated lifestyle and concierge platform.

The partnership will bring a curated selection of Zameera’s ultra-luxury travel experiences to PayitFast members through Verati, giving members access to unique destinations and rare-access adventures. The initial selection includes some of Zameera’s most distinctive journeys, among them a private safari camp on Kenya’s Maasai Mara, a heli-skiing week beneath Iceland’s midnight sun, and a two-part journey through Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastline, each one reflecting the same standard of curation the Zameera name is built on.

The agreement reflects a broader shift in how premium digital platforms extend value to their members, moving beyond payments and rates toward genuine, curated access. Through Verati, PayitFast members can access something historically reserved for private banking relationships and personal introductions. For Zameera, it opens a new, high-intent distribution channel.

The companies will work together on platform integration, service onboarding, and joint marketing initiatives in the lead-up to launch, applying their respective standards to ensure a seamless client experience from discovery through to booking. The partnership will be delivered through Verati and made available to PayitFast members as part of the broader PayitFast ecosystem. 

“Ultra-luxury travel has always depended on trust, on knowing that what you are being offered has actually been vetted by someone with real judgment. Bringing our catalogue to PayitFast’s members means extending that same standard to a new audience of high-net-worth clients, exactly the traveler Zameera was built for,” said Sebastian Taskila, Chief Executive Officer of Zameera.

“At PayitFast, we are building an ecosystem that delivers meaningful value beyond payments. Through Verati, we are bringing together exceptional travel, hospitality and lifestyle partners to create unique experiences for our members. Zameera’s reputation for curating world-class journeys makes them a natural partner, and we are excited to make these experiences available to our growing member base,” said Catherine Thin Nwe Nyein, Group Partnership Director of PayitFast.

Both companies will share further details on member access and launch timing in the coming months as the integration progresses.

About Zameera

Zameera is a global ultra-luxury travel company headquartered in Dubai, curating extraordinary experiences for ultra-high-net-worth clients around the world. Its portfolio spans private island buyouts, fully private polar expeditions, exclusive safari camps, and rare-access journeys across the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Antarctica, Indonesia, the Arctic, Kenya, Rwanda, and beyond, each experience selected to the standard of the world’s finest luxury houses.

About PayitFast

PayitFast is a digital payments platform enabling digital assets and traditional fiat payments built for retail and corporate customers. PayitFast is a trading name of Silverleaf E-Money Services LTD, Canada, an authorised Money Services Business (MSB) and Payment Services Provider (PSP) by FINTRAC and Bank of Canada. PayitFast offers lifestyle concierge services through Verati, its dedicated concierge platform operated in Dubai. PayitFast lets members hold, spend and send across currencies through its app and card, and serves businesses with cross-border collections, payouts and invoicing. Verati brings curated travel and experiences into the same app, with Zameera joining as a founding experience partner. Through Verati, PayitFast continues to expand its network of travel, hospitality, lifestyle and concierge partners, providing members with access to curated experiences alongside its payments and financial services ecosystem.

This article is an announcement of a strategic partnership between PaytiFast, Verati and Zameera and is provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as a solicitation, offer, or invitation to customers in any jurisdiction where PayitFast is not duly authorised or licensed to provide its services. PayitFast operates only in jurisdictions where it holds the necessary regulatory authorisations.

Zero-spread ECN broker honored at India’s largest trading and investing expo, where it exhibited as a Titanium Sponsor

Mumbai, India, September 16th, 2026– CentFX, a globally regulated multi-asset broker serving clients in more than 100 countries, received the Best Execution Platform 2026 award at Money Expo India, held Aug. 29–30 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.

The award recognizes the broker’s ECN execution model, built around zero-spread pricing and low-latency order routing, and was presented by HQMENA, a financial media and events group and the organizer of Money Expo India.

The recognition comes as CentFX expands its presence across South Asia through a growing partner network, new introducing broker relationships, and localized client support. The company exhibited at the event as a Titanium Sponsor at Booth No. 13, one of the principal stands on the exhibition floor.

“Receiving the Best Execution Platform award is a recognition of where we have chosen to invest as a business,” said the Chief Executive Officer of CentFX. “Execution is the part of a broker’s offering that traders feel on every single order, and it is the part that is hardest to fake. We have built our pricing and routing around that principle, and to have it recognized in India — a market where traders are increasingly discerning about where and how their orders are filled — is significant for us.” 

According to the company, CentFX provides ECN pricing from 0.0 pips with an average order execution speed of 0.04 seconds across more than 2,100 instruments spanning Forex, indices, commodities, and other asset classes. Clients access the markets through the company’s proprietary trading application or MetaTrader 5 on desktop and mobile, supported by multilingual platform coverage including Hindi and Bengali.

Now in its fifth edition, Money Expo India is the country’s largest trading and investing expo, according to the organizer. The event brought together more than 20,000 attendees, 1,000 companies, 300 exhibitors and 200 speakers representing more than 30 countries.

The award was accepted on behalf of CentFX by the CentFX Team, who led the company’s delegation at the event. Across the two days, the CentFX stand hosted platform demonstrations, on-site account walkthroughs, and partnership discussions with introducing brokers and affiliates from across the region.

The recognition comes amid continued growth in trading and investing participation across India, where demand is rising for transparent pricing, dependable order execution, and educational resources suited to participants at every level of experience. CentFX operates CentFX Academy, which provides video courses, eBooks, trading calculators, and market analysis materials to clients at no cost, and the company has indicated it will continue investing across these areas as it develops its partnerships and market presence in the region. 

For more information, please visit www.centfx.com

About CentFX

CentFX is a globally regulated multi-asset broker offering access to Forex, indices, commodities, and other instruments across a range of more than 2,100 products. The company holds regulatory authorisations in Anguilla (ARCA), Mauritius (FSC), and Dubai (Government of Dubai), ASIC and USA, and serves clients in over 100 countries. CentFX operates a proprietary trading application alongside full MetaTrader 5 support, and provides client education through CentFX Academy.

Risk Warning: Trading in Forex and contracts for difference carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Past performance and awards are not indicative of future results.

• Huawei to showcase trusted digital infrastructure designed to help organizations navigate evolving cyber threats and accelerate secure digital transformation

Dubai, UAE, Sep 14, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Huawei will present its vision for the next phase of cybersecurity as the Lead Strategic Partner at Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) GLOBAL 2026, taking place from 16 – 18 September at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City.

This year’s GISEC GLOBAL theme, “Cyber First: The New Digital Order,” reflects the strategic role cybersecurity plays as the region accelerates artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and digital transformation amid a complex and evolving threat landscape. Huawei executives and experts will contribute to the GISEC GLOBAL 2026 programme through Main Stage keynote and high-level panel discussions on Sovereign AI, cybersecurity talent and security operations, cyber resilience, and proactive defense.

Huawei will also host the Cyber Resilience Workshop, themed “Securing the Digital Future: AI, Cloud and Cyber Resilience”, bringing together senior cybersecurity leaders, regulators and customers from across the Middle East and Central Asia. The workshop will explore emerging cyber risks, sovereign cloud strategies, AI-driven security threats, and the priorities shaping the next phase of digital resilience.

Integrated Security Across Cloud, Network, Data and Computing

At GISEC GLOBAL 2026, Huawei will demonstrate how security can be embedded across cloud, computing, networks, and data to support secure AI adoption and digital transformation. To help enterprises innovate responsibly and securely, Huawei Cloud combines AI capabilities with multi-layered security safeguards built on four core roots of trust and five layers of guardrails, addressing risks including data leakage, prompt injection, model security and application security, while Huawei Confidential Computing solutions protect sensitive data at the hardware level, including in multi-tenant cloud environments. Xinghe AI Unified SASE brings intelligent, all-scenario network protection, achieving a 95% detection rate for unknown threats, while HiSec NG-SIEM enables all-domain security visibility, attack-chain correlation, alert noise reduction and automated response, reducing incident response time to minutes. Huawei’s data protection solutions further strengthen data resilience and service continuity.

The company will further showcase how cybersecurity can be embedded into industry digitalization across critical sectors such as carrier networks, government, healthcare, and oil and gas, enabling organizations to innovate while maintaining security and operational resilience.

Huawei will also highlight its continued investment in cybersecurity, governance framework and trusted practices across its products, solutions and operations.

Corey Deng, Chief Security Officer, Huawei Middle East & Central Asia, said: “AI is transforming the way organizations are operating and how cyber threats are evolving and traditional protection alone is no longer sufficient. We believe intelligence needs to be embedded and resilience needs to be built in from the ground up. This is the vision we bring to GISEC GLOBAL 2026, and we look forward to working with governments, regulators, customers and partners across the region to build a more secure and resilient digital future together.”

Huawei welcomes customers, partners and industry leaders to visit its booth at A135, Hall 7, and explore its latest cybersecurity capabilities and exchange perspectives on how organizations can strengthen security, resilience and trust in intelligent, interconnected digital environments.

 

About Huawei
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 213,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go.

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• The company is extending its city-by-city deployment strategy to one of the United States’ most active tourism markets, where seasonal demand and diverse travel patterns offer a new operating environment for the ER-BX series.

Bishopsgate, London, Sep 14, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Following phased operational progress in Austin and Los Angeles, autonomous mobility technology company Carziqo has introduced its ER-BX autonomous ride-hailing series in Miami, marking the latest step in the company’s expansion across major US cities.

The Miami deployment builds on the experience Carziqo gained while operating the ER-BX series in two distinctly different urban environments. Austin provided an opportunity to assess the vehicles in a fast-growing technology hub characterized by expanding residential districts and evolving mobility needs, while Los Angeles offered exposure to a larger and more complex transportation landscape shaped by long travel distances, dense commercial areas and varying traffic conditions.

Carziqo said the initial phases in both cities generated operational insights that are now being applied to the ER-BX rollout in Miami. These include vehicle scheduling, route allocation, demand forecasting, fleet monitoring and service coordination across different periods of the day.

Rather than treating each new city as an identical market, the company is following a city-specific approach. Deployment plans are adjusted according to local travel behavior, operating conditions, service availability and passenger demand.

A New Environment for the ER-BX Series

Miami presents a particularly relevant setting for autonomous ride-hailing operations because of its combination of tourism, hospitality, residential communities, business districts and major transportation connections.

Daily mobility demand in the city is influenced not only by local commuters but also by visitors traveling between hotels, commercial centers, entertainment districts, airports and other popular destinations. Demand can change significantly according to the time of day, tourism season, weather conditions and major events.

For Carziqo, this creates an opportunity to evaluate how the ER-BX series performs in a market where passenger movements are highly varied and often time-sensitive.

The initial Miami phase will focus on gradually integrating ER-BX vehicles into selected operating areas and mobility scenarios. Carziqo said service coverage and fleet allocation may be adjusted as the company collects additional operational data and evaluates local demand.

The company is also expected to assess how vehicles can be positioned more efficiently during periods of increased visitor activity. Intelligent dispatching and demand-based fleet allocation are intended to help reduce unnecessary vehicle idle time while improving availability in areas where ride demand is more concentrated.

Building on Austin and Los Angeles

The Austin and Los Angeles deployments represented important stages in the development of Carziqo’s ER-BX operating model.

In Austin, the company focused on introducing the series through a controlled deployment process, allowing its operations teams to observe local travel patterns and refine vehicle distribution. The city’s growing population, technology sector and expanding urban footprint provided an environment for evaluating how autonomous ride-hailing services could respond to emerging transportation needs.

Los Angeles brought a different set of operating considerations. Its dispersed geography, varied road environments and longer point-to-point journeys required greater attention to route planning, vehicle availability and fleet coordination.

According to Carziqo, the progress achieved in these two cities should not be measured solely by the number of vehicles deployed. It also includes improvements in the systems supporting each journey—from fleet scheduling and real-time operational monitoring to demand analysis and service management.

These capabilities form part of a broader mobility infrastructure designed to connect autonomous vehicles with intelligent dispatch systems and city-level fleet operations.

A Phased Expansion Strategy

Carziqo’s move into Miami reflects its broader approach to autonomous mobility expansion: introduce services gradually, evaluate real operating conditions and use the resulting data to guide the next stage of deployment.

This model allows the company to study how the same vehicle series responds to different city structures without assuming that an operating strategy developed in one market can be transferred unchanged to another.

Austin, Los Angeles and Miami each represent a distinct mobility environment. Together, they allow Carziqo to examine the ER-BX series across technology-oriented communities, large metropolitan corridors and tourism-driven travel networks.

The company said the Miami operation will remain subject to service availability, fleet deployment schedules, local operating requirements and market conditions. Routes, coverage areas and vehicle availability may therefore change as the rollout progresses.

From Individual Vehicles to a Connected Mobility Network

Carziqo’s longer-term objective extends beyond deploying autonomous vehicles in additional locations. The company is working toward an interconnected mobility system combining intelligent vehicles, real-time monitoring, demand forecasting and coordinated fleet management.

Within this model, vehicles are assigned according to actual operating requirements rather than distributed uniformly across an entire city. Different vehicles may serve different routes, distances and demand zones, allowing the fleet to respond more efficiently to changing passenger activity.

Miami will provide another test of this approach, particularly in areas where mobility demand is influenced by tourism flows, hospitality activity and seasonal events.

The ER-BX deployment also demonstrates how Carziqo is using lessons from earlier markets to support future operations. Insights gathered in Austin informed the company’s approach in Los Angeles, while experience from both cities is now contributing to the Miami rollout.

As autonomous ride-hailing technology continues to develop, successful expansion will depend not only on vehicle capability but also on how effectively fleets can be integrated into the daily rhythm of each city.

For Carziqo, the arrival of the ER-BX series in Miami represents another measured step in that process. It connects three different urban markets through a common operating platform while allowing each deployment to remain responsive to local conditions.

With Austin and Los Angeles providing the foundation, Miami now becomes the latest chapter in the ER-BX series’ evolving US journey—and a new opportunity for Carziqo to demonstrate how autonomous mobility can adapt to the needs of a global tourism destination.

Dubai, UAE, Sep 09, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Spire Solutions, the Middle East & Africa region’s leading cybersecurity solutions provider and value-added distributor, today announced its participation in GISEC Global 2026, taking place from 16–18 September 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City, Dubai. Under the theme “Reimagining Cybersecurity in the Era of AI & Quantum,” Spire Solutions will welcome customers, partners, and industry leaders to its stand at Hall 5, Booth A100, to explore its latest innovations across cybersecurity, cloud, data, and AI.

As the Official Distribution Partner since GISEC Global’s inception, Spire Solutions returns for its 15th consecutive year at one of the world’s largest cybersecurity gatherings, where over 25,000 InfoSec leaders, CISOs, and ethical hackers from more than 180 countries convene to explore the technologies shaping the region’s digital future.

At this year’s edition, Spire Solutions will showcase its full portfolio across four connected domains that collectively define the company’s approach to enabling a secure digital future:

• Cybersecurity: Proactive threat detection, response and resilience, delivered around the clock.
• Cloud: Secure, scalable cloud transformation without compromising control or visibility.
• Data: Protecting, governing and unlocking the full value of enterprise data.
• AI: Helping organisations harness AI safely, from strategy through to secure deployment.

“This year’s theme, ‘Reimagining Cybersecurity in the Era of AI & Quantum,’ could not be more timely,” said Sanjeev Walia, Founder & President of Spire Solutions. “We are entering an era in which artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the velocity and sophistication of cyber threats, while quantum computing is compelling organisations to reconsider foundational assumptions underpinning cryptography, identity and digital trust. For nearly two decades, Spire Solutions has worked alongside enterprises and governments across the region to build resilient security foundations. At GISEC Global 2026, we look forward to showing how our capabilities across cybersecurity, cloud, data and AI converge into a cohesive ecosystem, enabling our customers not merely to respond to an increasingly complex threat landscape, but to anticipate it, adapt to it, and innovate securely within it.”

At its booth, Spire Solutions and participating vendors will run live demonstrations and expert-led sessions covering real-world use cases in banking and finance, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, backed by more than 18 years of regional, on-the-ground expertise.

Spire Solutions will exhibit alongside leading technology partners, including:

• Black Duck – Application Security Platform optimized for DevSecOps
• Furl – AI-powered Autonomous Remediation Platform
• SolarWinds – Observability, Database & IT Service Management
• BigID – Data Discovery and Classification
• SailPoint –  Identity-first security for Humans, Machines, and AI
• iVerify – Mobile EDR & Mobile Threat Hunting for iOS and Android
• Tufin – NSPM & Application Connectivity Platform

Visitors can engage with Spire Solutions’ technical and business teams, as well as participating vendor experts at the booth, to exchange perspectives on emerging security challenges and explore solutions tailored to their organisation’s priorities.

Meetings can be booked in advance through our website www.spiresolutions.com/gisec-global-2026

 About Spire Solutions

For over 18 years, Spire Solutions has been a driving force in digital transformation across the Middle East and Africa, establishing itself as the region’s foremost value-added distributor. We have consistently led the way in securing digital ecosystems and protecting organisations from ever-evolving threats. At Spire Solutions, our mission goes beyond technology. We are dedicated to building a safer, smarter, more innovative, and resilient digital community. By empowering enterprises and governments with specialised, strategic, and secure solutions, we enable them to confidently navigate the complexities of the digital age. For more information, visit www.spiresolutions.com

 Media Contact

Kenneth D’Souza

marcomms@spiresolutions.com

Dubai, U.A.E., Sep 05, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Artificial Intelligence is redefining security operations, but successful Security Operations Centre (SOC) transformation requires more than simply deploying new tools. Tata Communications in collaboration with SANS Institute has published a whitepaper exploring how security leaders can determine where AI should automate, where it should augment, and where human judgment must remain central. The whitepaper provides a practical framework for reengineering security operations around trust, context, accountability, and effective cyber defence.

“AI is transforming security operations, but technology alone cannot determine legitimacy, intent, or business impact. The future SOC must be built on a clear understanding of where AI can automate, where it should augment, and where human judgment must remain central,” said Vaibhav Dutta, Vice President and Global Head – Cybersecurity Products & Services, Tata Communications.

Vaibhav Dutta, Vice President and Global Head – Cybersecurity Products & Services, Tata Communications

The paper presents a roadmap for reengineering the SOC around better decision-making, detection engineering, automation, MSSP collaboration, workforce evolution, and resilience, offering actionable guidance to organisations looking to evaluate and future- proof their AI security investments while navigating both near-term opportunities and long-term transformation.

Key takeaways:

• Understand where AI helps; and where it doesn’t

Learn how AI improves detection, analysis, automation, and decision making, while recognising the limitations of AI when business context and human judgment are required.

• Build a modern SOC operating model

Discover how organisations are shifting from alert-driven operations to hypothesis-led hunting, detection engineering, and continuous operational improvement.

• Strengthen collaboration between internal teams and MSSPs (Managed Security Service Providers)

Explore why effective security outcomes depend on integrating technology, expertise, business context, and managed security partners into a unified operating model.

Meet the Tata Communications team at GISEC Global 2026, Hall 4, Stand E52, to explore our solutions through live demos and connect with our product leaders.

 

About TATA Communications

A part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications (NSE: TATACOMM; BSE: 500483) is a global digital ecosystem enabler powering today’s fast-growing digital economy in more than 190 countries and territories. Leading with trust, it enables digital transformation of enterprises globally with collaboration and connected solutions, core and next gen connectivity, cloud hosting and security solutions and media services. 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are its customers and the company connects businesses to 80% of the world’s cloud giants. For more information, please visit www.tatacommunications.com

 

Media Contact:

Anupriya Sood
Anupriya.sood@tatacommunications.com

Dubai, U.A.E., Sep 05, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — At GISEC Global 2026, the Middle East’s largest cybersecurity exhibition, taking place in Dubai from September 16 to 18, Positive Technologies will invite senior security leaders into an immersive “CISO Lounge” — a meeting room transformed into a working mini-lab where visitors can watch device security research unfold in real time.

Inside the CISO Lounge, a hands-on installation puts hardware security on display. A table of everyday connected devices — an IP camera, a wearable smart device, an industrial controller, a POS terminal, and a router — sits alongside a large screen streaming live “X-ray” footage of what lies inside them. Using a tablet-based interactive app, CISOs and their teams can explore each device layer by layer and see exactly where its security breaks. The experience shows manufacturers and buyers alike how attackers view their products from the inside — and why hardware-level investigation matters.

 [Emad Abu Jazar, Director for the Middle East and Africa at Positive Technologies], said: “CISOs are under pressure to trust a growing fleet of connected devices, yet very few can see what actually happens beneath the surface. In the CISO Lounge, we make that invisible layer visible. By putting a real research lab in the room, we show security leaders precisely where a device fails — from its processor to its wider ecosystem — and how Positive Labs helps organizations build that investigative capability for themselves.”

The CISO Lounge is a connecting installation designed to lead visitors from the demo to the Positive Technologies stand, where the company showcases the full Positive Labs equipment used to investigate real-world attacks and vulnerabilities.

About Positive Labs

Positive Labs is a world-class R&D center delivering a full cycle of security research across microelectronics, commercial, and industrial devices — from processors and microcontrollers to smart, connected, and IoT devices, industrial equipment, POS terminals and ATMs, computer and server hardware, and vehicles. As the leading Russian reverse engineering laboratory, it brings expertise at every level, from hardware vulnerabilities in processors to architectural flaws in ecosystem design.

Positive Labs designs proprietary hardware and software for Fault Injection and Side Channel Analysis, including Laser FI, Electromagnetic FI, and Electromagnetic SCA systems built on a universal software platform. Within a comprehensive offering, the team also designs and equips laboratories for microelectronics and embedded systems security research: it tailors research processes to each customer’s objectives, supplies a complete set of research equipment, develops requirements for laboratory space planning and setup, trains specialists on real-world cases, and provides ongoing technical and methodological support.

Discover the full GISEC Global 2026 agenda on the event’s website.

Positive Technologies is an industry leader in results-driven cybersecurity and a major global provider of information security solutions. Our mission is to safeguard businesses and entire industries against cyberattacks and non-tolerable damage. Positive Technologies is the first and only cybersecurity company in Russia on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX: POSI), with 220,000 shareholders and counting. Follow us on X, LinkedIn, and in the News section at global.ptsecurity.com.

Company to spotlight Sophos Fusion and its expanding portfolio of AI-powered security, XDR, SIEM and MDR capabilities

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 8, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, has announced its participation at GISEC Global 2026 (16-18 September) at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City. The company will showcase how organizations can strengthen cyber resilience in an AI-enabled threat landscape where attacks are becoming faster, more coordinated, and difficult to manage with disconnected security tools. The focus will be on Sophos Fusion, its AI-native cybersecurity defense system designed to move businesses beyond fragmented security stacks.

Attackers are now using AI and automation to move faster, scale campaigns, and operate across multiple parts of an organization’s environment. Disconnected tools cannot keep pace with threats that move this way. Sophos’ 2026 State of Ransomware report found that 79% of ransomware attacks globally involve an identity-based initial access vector, with malicious email and phishing accounting for 26% of attacks, followed by exploited vulnerabilities at 24% and compromised credentials at 23%. In the UAE, organizations that suffered ransomware attacks reported an average recovery cost of US$665,000.

These findings reinforce the need for a system that can see the whole picture and respond as one. Sophos Fusion, a modern cybersecurity defense system, is designed to close that gap by preventing, detecting, investigating, and responding at AI speed, while keeping human expertise and accountability at the center of security operations. This shift is particularly relevant in the Middle East, where rapid digital transformation and AI adoption are creating new opportunities as well as new security challenges.

“As AI agents gain greater access to sensitive systems and data, enterprises need security and governance to keep pace with innovation. This demands a coordinated, AI-native defense system that can respond at the speed and scale of today’s threats,” said Harish Chib, Vice President for Emerging Markets, Middle East & Africa at Sophos. “GISEC is an important platform for us to bring these conversations together, engage with customers, partners, policymakers and security leaders, and reinforce our commitment to helping organizations build the resilience they need for the AI era.”

At GISEC 2026, Sophos will also highlight how it is applying agentic AI to strengthen security operations. Within Sophos MDR, agentic workflows can resolve a significant proportion of cases end-to-end using AI, while human analysts remain responsible for business judgment, context and complex investigations. This enables high-confidence tasks to be handled at machine speed while maintaining human oversight and reducing the operational burden on security teams.

Building on this approach, Sophos is advancing the defensive use of frontier AI through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program and Anthropic’s Project Glasswing. These collaborations enable Sophos to integrate advanced AI capabilities into trusted security workflows, with analysts and controls in the loop, to accelerate threat investigation, strengthen detections and support faster vulnerability remediation. Through Project Glasswing, Sophos has access to Claude Mythos 5, an advanced frontier model that is not publicly available, helping identify and remediate software vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by AI-driven attackers.

Visitors can meet the Sophos team and explore its latest AI-native cybersecurity capabilities at Hall 4, Booth D100 during GISEC Global 2026.

About Sophos

Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, defends more than 625,000 organizations worldwide with Sophos Fusion, the industry’s first and most complete AI-native cybersecurity defense system: a single, connected architecture where every control point operates as one. Powered by agentic AI and elite human expertise, Sophos detects, investigates, and neutralizes threats before they become business-disrupting events. Working alongside a global ecosystem of managed service providers, resellers, and technology partners, Sophos compounds intelligence from every threat encountered and every environment defended to make every customer’s defense stronger than the last. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Proprietary Hammer Pro™ platform recognized at India’s largest trading and investing expo

Mumbai, India, 7th September, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE— Alaric Securities, an EU-regulated broker-dealer with a strong presence across Europe, received the Best Trading Platform 2026 award at Money Expo India, held Aug. 29–30 at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai.

The award recognizes Hammer Pro™, Alaric Securities’ proprietary desktop trading platform for active and professional traders, and was presented by HQMENA, a financial media and events group and the organizer of Money Expo India.

The recognition comes as Alaric Securities expands its presence in India through a growing local team, new client relationships, and strategic partnerships.

“Receiving the Best Trading Platform 2026 award is an important recognition of the work our team has put into Hammer Pro,” said Anton Panayotov, CEO of Alaric Securities. “We have built the platform around the real needs of active and professional traders: speed, control, reliable market access and the flexibility to adapt the technology to the way they trade. This recognition in India is especially meaningful as we deepen our relationships and continue developing our presence in one of the world’s most dynamic financial markets.”

Hammer Pro combines direct market access and real-time market data with advanced charting, customizable hotkeys, proprietary market scanners, execution tools and performance analytics. Recent enhancements include new real-time market scanners and expanded AI tools that help traders analyze and track their performance.

Now in its fifth edition, Money Expo India is the country’s largest trading and investing expo, according to the organizer. The event brought together more than 20,000 attendees, 1,000 companies, 300 exhibitors and 200 speakers representing more than 30 countries.

The award was accepted on behalf of Alaric Securities by Yanko Hristov, Head of Sales and institutional business development, who also delivered a keynote at the event. His presentation, titled “Choosing the Right Broker Has Never Been So Important — and So Difficult,” examined how the choice of broker affects more than the price traders and investors pay, including execution quality, market access, technology, asset protection and the support they receive when it matters most.

The recognition comes amid continued growth in participation in trading and investing across India. According to the National Stock Exchange of India, the country surpassed 130 million unique registered investors in April 2026, adding the most recent 10 million investors in seven months. The investor base grew at a compound annual rate of 26.4% from fiscal 2021, compared with 15.2% during the preceding five years.

As India’s investor population expands, demand is growing for reliable trading and investment technology, transparent market access and tools suited to participants at every level of market experience. Alaric Securities plans to continue investing across these areas as it builds out its relationships, partnerships, and market presence.

For more information, please visit our website at www.alaricsecurities.com

About Alaric Securities

Alaric Securities is a licensed broker-dealer regulated by the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In the UK, the group operates through its sister company, Alaric Securities UK, which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with offices in Sofia, London, Luxembourg and Istanbul. Founded in 2011, the company offers direct market access and proprietary trading technology — including its Hammer Pro™, Hammer Lite™ and Hammer Lite Plus™ platforms, powered in part by Nasdaq Real-Time Data — serving clients from beginner to institutional level.

Manila, Philippines, September 7th, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE— MusoLingo has partnered with MicroSourcing Group to do something most companies haven’t dared to attempt: turn corporate Vision, Mission, and Values into an original song—and make it actually resonate.

In a move that challenges decades of static, forgettable corporate messaging, the collaboration replaces slide decks and handbooks with a fully produced music experience designed to embed culture through emotion, memory, and repetition.

The result is a high-energy, professionally produced track and video that transforms MicroSourcing Group’s core principles into something employees don’t just read—but hear, feel, and remember.

For MicroSourcing Group, the initiative reflects a broader commitment to building a people-first organization where culture is actively experienced across every team, location, and stage of growth. With more than 10,000 professionals supporting over 1,000 clients globally, the company continues to invest in new ways to create alignment, engagement, and shared identity across its expanding workforce.

“Let’s be honest—most employees can’t recall their company’s values,” said Nicole Salisbury, Founder and CEO of MusoLingo. “That’s not a communication problem. It’s a format problem. Music changes that instantly.

“At its core, culture isn’t built through documents—it’s built through shared experiences, and by turning MicroSourcing Group’s Vision, Mission, and Values into music, we’ve created something people can connect with, remember, and carry into their daily work.”

The initiative taps into a simple but powerful insight: people remember what they experience—not what they’re told. By leveraging music and storytelling, MusoLingo is turning workplace communication into something closer to culture than compliance.

For MicroSourcing Group, the project also aligns with the company’s long-standing philosophy that strong cultures create stronger businesses. As organizations scale across multiple countries, teams, and work environments, reinforcing culture consistently—and meaningfully—has become increasingly important.

“We wanted our values to live beyond documents,” said Haidee Enriquez, CEO of MicroSourcing Group. “The process—and the result—gave our team a new way to engage with what we stand for. It’s something that resonates far beyond a slide deck or handbook and translates into real behavioural change across the organisation.”

The collaboration reflects MicroSourcing Group’s broader focus on employee engagement, workplace experience, and innovation in how organizations connect with their people. Rather than treating culture as a static HR exercise, the company continues to explore ways to make it visible, memorable, and embedded into everyday work experiences across its global operations in the Philippines and Colombia.

Watch the collaboration in action: MicroSourcing Group’s Vision, Mission & Values — brought to life through music

For employees, the experience created a different kind of connection to the business—one that blended creativity, identity, and shared purpose in a format that felt modern, human, and accessible.

But this is more than a one-off experiment.

The collaboration signals the early stages of a broader movement—where companies rethink how culture is communicated, learned, and reinforced at scale. MusoLingo is positioning itself at the centre of that shift, building a new model where entertainment and workplace learning converge.

“This is just the beginning,” added Nicole. “We’re moving toward a world where workplace learning isn’t consumed—it’s experienced. And when that happens, everything changes.”

About MusoLingo
 MusoLingo is a next-generation platform redefining language and workplace learning for the global economy. By combining music, entertainment, and cultural immersion with rigorous measurement and certification, MusoLingo delivers real-world communication skills—not just content consumption. Designed for both individuals and enterprises, the platform drives fluency, clarity, and workplace readiness through engaging, outcome-focused learning experiences.

https://musolingo.com

About MicroSourcing Group

MicroSourcing Group empowers organizations to scale through dedicated offshore and nearshore teams, combining skilled talent, certified operations, and trusted delivery to create measurable, long-term impact for businesses and professionals.

With more than 10,000 professionals supporting over 1,000 clients globally across 20+ industries, MicroSourcing provides build-to-scale outsourcing and managed solutions through operations in the Philippines and Colombia. The company combines flexible team structures, transparent partnership models, enterprise-grade infrastructure, and deep recruitment capabilities to help organizations grow with confidence.

MicroSourcing envisions a world where businesses of every size, location, and industry can access the tools, talent, and infrastructure they need to operate and scale — and where highly skilled professionals have access to meaningful opportunities beyond their local job markets.

https://microsourcing.com