Evanssion partners with HackerOne to bring human-powered security to Middle East

Evanssion has announced its partnership with HackerOne to increase the adoption of Pentest and vulnerability disclosure programs across Middle Eastern enterprises.

The partnership will allow organisations to leverage HackerOne’s community of ethical hackers to discover and address vulnerabilities to get ahead of cyber-criminals.

Secure List’s Report

As the Middle East experiences a rapid digital transformation, organisations are becoming prime targets for ransomware attacks and sensitive data breaches.

In a recent report by Secure List, it was highlighted that there has been a surge in cyber-attacks across the Middle East.

In 2023 alone, there was a 17% increase, especially targeting critical sectors like finance, energy and government.

The HackerOne partnership

Human-powered security platforms, such as HackerOne, grasp the skills of ethical hackers worldwide to offer proactive vulnerability detection.

The company claim it is 35% more cost-effective compared to other traditional vulnerability management methods.

HackerOne claim that it has 61% of customers identified more vulnerabilities when compared with traditional vendors.

22.75% of valid vulnerabilities surfaced in a bug bounty are high or critical, compared to less than 1% found by automated scanners and 18% of its Pentest findings rated as high or critical severity

“Deep understanding of the region and its customers’ unique challenges”

Navneeth Ramanan, COO, Evanssion commented: “At Evanssion, we remain focused on enabling enterprises to enhance their cybersecurity strategies and our partnership with HackerOne is both strategic and timely.

“With our deep regional expertise paired with HackerOne’s global leadership in human-powered security, we are excited to be able to provide substantial value to our partners and customers in the Middle East.”

“An ideal partner for HackerOne”

John Addeo, VP of Partnership Sales, HackerOne expressed: “Evanssion’s customers across the Middle East can now easily access the creative insights of the global security researcher community to build their security resilience.

“Evanssion’s deep understanding of the region and its customers’ unique challenges makes it an ideal partner for HackerOne to extend our solutions to leading companies in the Middle East.”