The membership will allow DarkMatter to interact with more than 800 telecom operators globally, as it develops end-to-end secure communications offerings.
DarkMatter, the international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, has announced that it has become an Associate Member in the GSMA, the global organisation that represents the interests of the mobile telecom industry.
DarkMatter’s membership will permit the firm to become active in GSMA working groups such as Fraud and Security, Web and SIM. These three groups address issues such as safeguarding SIM cards, encryption on the internet, the introduction of HTTP2, mobile malware, cloud service risks and controls, and SS7 security.
Commenting on the membership, DarkMatter’s Founder & CEO, Faisal Al Bannai said, “This is DarkMatter’s first substantive industry membership, and we are proud that it is with an organisation as esteemed as the GSMA.”
Faisal Al Bannai continued, “The convergence of mobility, IT, and the web means millions of connected devices are being added to the digital ecosystem on a continuous basis. At DarkMatter we have enjoyed success in developing end-to-end secure communications applications, and we hope to leverage our membership in the GSMA to further establish our activities in this area, while exchanging valuable insights with the leading mobile operators globally.”
As an Associate Member of the GSMA, DarkMatter further benefits from the GSMA’s resources and can participate in working groups of GSMA programmes such as Personal Data and Connected Living, which are relevant to the firm’s own efforts to help secure mobile and Internet of Things devices, and create secure access to online services.
