In the modern era, it is becoming abundantly clear that cyber defences are an important facet of nations’ overall national security posture. Thus security is no longer being defined by just the number of infantry or physical weapons a military establishment has, but rather the access to digital information, and the ability to protect that information from others who might look to use it to inflict harm.

Given this paradigm shift in the concept of military and national defence, countries around the world are investing heavily in cyber capabilities in order to keep their national institutions and systems protected from infiltration.

Helping build DarkMatter’s cyber security capabilities in the Defence sector is Hisham Fadel, Yahsatand General Dynamics veteran, who has been appointed as DarkMatter’s Senior Vice President of Special Projects. For over 15 years, Hisham was responsible for leading engineering, strategy, procurement, sales, and business activities to military and governmental entities. He now advises DarkMatter’s Founder and Chief Executive Officeron cyber security related issues, and identifies and progresses new technology and business ideas.

Commenting onthe growing importance of the critical role that cyber security plays in the Defence sector, Faisal Al Bannai, Founder and CEO of DarkMatter said, “It is abundantly clear that robust cyber security defences are becoming as important to national security as standing armies and military hardware, if not more so. The expansion of DarkMatter’scapabilities into this strategically significant area builds on our outlook to secure nations, enterprise, and individuals from cyber threats in order to establish an overall standardof national cyber resilience and safety.”

Faisal Al Bannai continued, “We are pleased to welcome Hisham to the team. His extensive experience in the military and telecommunications space both in the Middle East and the US will be highly useful at DarkMatter as we expand our activities in the Defence sector further.”

DarkMatter will continue to rely on its industry-leading international cyber experts who develop, manage and deploy the most innovative and comprehensive range of cyber security technologies, products and services to deliver the requirements of the defence sector.

Hisham Fadel, Senior Vice President of Special Projects at DarkMatter said, “My appointment is a great opportunity to continue developing solutions that protect and enhance the working of critical infrastructure. DarkMatter’s mission to secure nations in order to safeguard peace and security is an important one, and I look forward to actively contributing to achieving it.”

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