{"id":19075,"date":"2025-05-14T05:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19075"},"modified":"2025-05-14T05:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:53:20","slug":"pakistans-tech-startups-shine-at-gisec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19075","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s tech startups shine at GISEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>The startups believe AI is not just a trend but the next step in strengthening online security<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.brecorder.com\/primary\/2025\/05\/682291b5a2ddf.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCFWx0mweS7ExXjs3s_wH0CQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BusinessRecorder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/businessrecorder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brecordernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/feeds\/latest-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> All seven Pakistani tech startups participating in this year\u2019s Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) made it to the pitch competition semi-finals, amid a backdrop of reports that there was a major uptick in cyber attacks between India and Pakistan during recent tensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group of budding entrepreneurs was sponsored by Ignite &#8211; National Technology Fund, a Pakistan Ministry of IT &amp; Telecom initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While none made the final cut, they found there were other wins to be made at the expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40362243\/dubai-chamber-of-digital-economy-backs-127-startups-in-q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy backs 127 startups in Q1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe just signed a deal with an IT distributor in the Gulf, which has presence in Bahrain, the UAE, Ireland and New Zealand,\u201d Waqar Ahmed, CEO of Securitanium, told&nbsp;<em>Business Recorder<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will be onboarding with them as a vendor for email security, and hopefully, we will collaborate with them to offer our product to their clients in future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore than 80% of cyber attacks are caused by phishing emails despite having email gateway protection,\u201d said Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are not detecting the content or analyzing the body of the email. Our artificial intelligence (AI) powered solution not only looks at the IP and domain, but also analyzes the content for indicators of phishing and removes such emails.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the participants, AI is not just a trend but the next step in strengthening online security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAI is the talk of the town, wherever you go, wherever you speak, whatever you hear, there is always AI,\u201d said Muhammad Ali Inayat, founder of Pakistani company ComplianceMachine.ai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, it\u2019s an exciting time to be in the cybersecurity industry in the Gulf region, especially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, where the Personal Data Protection Act has been recently enacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inayat is also CEO of Kinverg, ComplianceMachine.ai\u2019s parent company that already has a presence in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Globally, he said, data protection has taken off in the last decade, and that has made compliance challenging for companies to operate across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are promising to reduce the cost of compliance by 50% by providing companies with pre-built controls which are mapped to all of these regulatory frameworks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani startups offered all kinds of security products at the event. Thingzeye featured its network security protection service for home and office smart devices, as well as for medical devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Smart Home Firewall provides protection to all the smart gadgets that kids use at home,\u201d said CEO Ghalib Asadullah Shah. \u201cIt also provides parental control and children\u2019s social behaviour analysis. It profiles all the devices that are used at your home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt identifies and provides information about all the devices which may be connected to your home network,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protection is also extended to devices that capture personal health data, including smartwatches and heart monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shah said coming to GISEC gave him confidence in his company\u2019s product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe experience has been wonderful for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got exposure and I got some confidence as well because it gives us a platform where we can compete at the international level. That\u2019s what we have gained here: don\u2019t be afraid of coming to an international stage and don\u2019t underestimate yourself, you have the potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the presence of such talent that encouraged \u201cIgnite &#8211; National Technology Fund, a Ministry of IT &amp; Telecom initiative,\u201d to bring Pakistani startups to the event. Ignite focuses on fourth industrial wave tech and on ecosystem development initiatives to fulfill its mission of creating a knowledge economy in Pakistan, says the organization\u2019s website. Its national network of incubators nurtures startups, while tech innovation grants are offered to innovative, deep tech projects and startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGISEC is our partner at Digital Pakistan Cyber Security Hackathon and we\u2019re looking forward to a long-lasting relationship,\u201d said Adeel Aijaz Shaikh,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ignite\u2019s CEO, adding that they\u2019re hoping to bring more teams and startups to next year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inayat and Shah both said they would encourage Pakistani youth to step into this trending industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan is full of potential when it comes to cybersecurity,\u201d said Inayat. \u201cThe first virus in the world was also built right in Lahore, by the way. We know this field very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shah echoed his peer\u2019s words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you have an interesting, innovative idea, just come and pitch [at GISEC] and you will find a lot of people who are interested in your product,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalid Yacoob, an event visitor, was surprised to see a Pakistan pavillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m originally from Pakistan and it is lovely to see that Pakistan is getting involved in the industry of cybersecurity,\u201d said the director of business development at IT consultancy HiveMind Global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GISEC took place from May 6 to 8, attracting some 750 cybersecurity companies and 25,0000 visitors from over 160 countries. Attendees were able to participate in hackathons and panel discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE Cybersecurity Council, host of GISEC Global, earned 11 Guinness World Records through the event, it said. This included \u201cmost nationalities in a simulated Dark Web intelligence training session\u201d and \u201clargest ransomware awareness session.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40362349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.brecorder.com\/news\/40362349<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All seven Pakistani tech startups participating in this year\u2019s Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) made it to the pitch competition semi-finals, amid a backdrop of reports that there was a major uptick in cyber attacks between India and Pakistan during recent tensions. 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