Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 29 | Page 20

LATEST INTELLIGENCE AGTHIA GROUP GAINS SUSTAINABLE PROTECTION AGAINST RANSOMWARE PRESENTED BY STOPS THREATS AND SAVES TIME WITH MALWAREBYTES B Download whitepaper here usiness profile Agthia Group is a leading Abu Dhabi-based food and beverage company, committed to the highest standards of sustainability and quality at every stage of the food chain -from field to fork. With ransomware becoming a billion-dollar concern for businesses worldwide, Agthia Group chose Malwarebytes to increase endpoint protection across its organisation. assorted frozen food products. Recently, however, the flood of ransomware, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), and multi-stage malware began targeting Agthia Group. In several incidents, ransomware attacked various users and servers. The conventional, signature-based antivirus solution wasn’t able to timely and effectively stop these aggressive new forms of malware. Business challenge “We urgently needed a more effective way to stop ransomware and other advanced threats,” said Zeeshan Khalid, Group IT/ Information Security Manager at Agthia Group. “With operations spread across multiple locations, we began looking for a cost effective, centrally managed way to deploy additional protection and monitor threats trying to gain entry.” n Fighting multiple flavours of malware Agthia Group operates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Egypt and Turkey. More than 3,000 employees are engaged in manufacturing, distributing, and marketing water, flour, animal feed, juices, dairy and 20 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com