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KSA-based health sciences university improves its security posture with MDR

As an established government health sciences university in Saudi Arabia that was founded in 2005, our client has built a strong reputation for their Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs-approved medical science programs. By cooperating with renowned medical institutions, they provide students with the clinical expertise needed to become the medical experts of the future. With state-of-the-art facilities and reputed faculty, they are known as one of the most technologically advanced universities in the region.

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RESULTS

Results at a glance

  • Identified and treated gaps across existing security controls
  • Secured years of sensitive research data and IP 
  • 60% reduction in time to remediate high-risk findings
  • Re-aligned security with regional regulatory expectations
Challenge

Keeping sensitive research data and infrastructure secure

As an established government health sciences university, keeping their infrastructure, research data, and academic operations secure was the number one priority for our client.

 

Saudi Arabia’s threat landscape was dominated by threats like ransomware, phishing, credential theft, research and IP theft, DDoS attacks, and Shadow AI threats. This made the education sector one of the most targeted sectors in the MEA region. Any form of exposure would have threatened the client’s research integrity, academic continuity, and institutional reputation.

 

As threats kept evolving and the regulatory environment was subject to constant change, our client needed a round-the-clock defense that evolves with the threat and compliance landscape. With limited in-house expertise, it was highly challenging to ensure 24/7 monitoring and real-time incident response. In a crowded market with vendors selling point solutions, it was challenging for them to find a vendor that offered dual expertise in security and compliance.

  • No centralized, real-time visibility into security posture
  • Limited expertise to build resilience against education sector-specific threats
  • Absence of real-time insights to act on risks
  • No dedicated compliance experts to identify and close regulatory gaps

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Solutions

Security tailored for research and academics

Our client was looking for a vendor that didn’t just tick boxes of a risk assessment, but a partner that offered the expertise to secure years of research, intellectual property and academic trust. In SharkStriker, they found the end-to-end security and compliance expertise delivered via a robust open-architecture vendor-agnostic platform, STRIEGO. It enabled them to establish a resilient and compliant posture with centralized visibility & control and real-time detection & response.

 

“We were looking for a vendor who could help us not tick checkboxes on a list and carry out risk assessment, but someone who could help us ready our security posture for future threats and changing regulations. SharkStriker offered us the technology and expertise we needed to focus on improving our quality of research and academics.” – CEO

  • Review and validation of security controls
  • Continuous security and compliance monitoring
  • 24/7 human expertise for incident response
  • End-to-end expertise for alignment with KSA’s regulatory requirements (like PDPL)
SOME FACTS WORTH CONSIDERING
50%

reduction in Mean Time to Respond

45%

improvement in Mean Time to Detect

55%

reduction in security incidents requiring escalation

Results

SharkStriker’s comprehensive risk and gap assessments unveiled hidden gaps that accumulated from years of IT changes, including outdated controls. It helped the university not just close the gaps but also build a security posture that evolved with the threat landscape.

Instead of replacing their existing tools, SharkStriker’s team integrated their existing security stack on STRIEGO, helping them gain centralized visibility. By configuring and managing the stack using tuned rules and customized playbooks, SharkStriker helped the client establish real-time detection with automated response to stay two moves ahead of fast-paced modern threats.

Beyond identifying data security gaps, SharkStriker established continuous protection of research and IP data using STRIEGO’s built-in file integrity monitoring.

Through end-to-end support for compliance management, SharkStriker helped the client align their security posture directly with Saudi Arabia’s regulatory expectations.

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