PureCS and Dell Team Up to Strengthen UAE Cybersecurity Resilience

Abdelrahman Amr

Last updated 19-10-2026

4 min

PureCS and Dell have teamed up to strengthen cybersecurity across the UAE.

Dell will use PureCS’s Abu Dhabi centre for MDR and XDR services.

The deal blends Dell’s global expertise with PureCS’s “sovereign” local infrastructure.

It aims to protect critical systems, sensitive data and essential services.

The partnership reflects cybersecurity becoming “core infrastructure” as digital threats grow.

PureCS has teamed up with Dell Technologies in a move aimed at tightening cybersecurity across the UAE, with a focus on both government bodies and private-sector organisations. The agreement centres on PureCS’s Security Operations Centre in Abu Dhabi, which Dell will use to provide Managed Detection and Response, or MDR, and Extended Detection and Response, known as XDR. In simple terms, these are services designed to spot threats earlier, react faster when something goes wrong, and help keep digital systems safe.

It feels timely, to be honest. Across the MENA startup scene, readers at Arageek will know the drill: founders are pushing ahead with AI, cloud tools and digital services at full speed, but security can become a bit of a faff if it is treated as an afterthought. I’ve seen young companies get chuffed to bits about launching a new platform, only to realise later that resilience matters just as much as growth. That said, this latest collaboration is clearly aimed at a much broader market than startups alone.

PureCS is a UAE-based sovereign digital infrastructure and cybersecurity company that sits within PureHealth, described as the Middle East’s largest healthcare group. Under this partnership, Dell is bringing its global cybersecurity capabilities together with PureCS’s locally based infrastructure and regional know-how. The idea is to give organisations in the UAE stronger protection as cyber threats become more complex and more frequent.

Rashed Humaid AlNeyadi, Chief Operating Officer of PureCS, said the UAE’s fast-moving digital transformation is making the protection of critical systems, sensitive data and essential services more important for both national and economic resilience. He said the partnership with Dell Technologies combines international cybersecurity expertise with sovereign capabilities, while also keeping the benefits of locally delivered security services. He added that the agreement reflects PureCS’s wider goal of building trusted digital infrastructure so businesses and government entities can innovate and operate with confidence.

From Dell’s side, Walid Yehia, Managing Director for the UAE at Dell Technologies, said the company chose to work closely with PureCS because of its regional expertise, sovereign infrastructure and its ability to deliver at scale in the UAE. According to Yehia, combining Dell’s technology with PureCS’s local presence should give customers stronger protection and more confidence as they deal with an increasingly complicated threat landscape. He said the collaboration is also meant to support the UAE’s cybersecurity ecosystem over the long term.

And believe it or not, the timing also lines up with the wider market trend. Research from MarketsandMarkets projects that the Middle East cybersecurity market will grow from $18.56 billion in 2026 to $29.39 billion by 2031, which means a compound annual growth rate of 9.6 per cent. That is not a trivial jump. I reckon this says something bigger about the region: cybersecurity is no longer just an IT line item, it is becoming core infrastructure.

The Abu Dhabi-based SOC at the heart of the deal adds an important local angle. For many organisations, especially those handling sensitive data, where security operations are delivered from can matter a great deal. On the flip side, local delivery only works if the technical capability is spot on, and that is where Dell’s global reach appears to complement PureCS’s sovereign model.

As the UAE keeps accelerating its adoption of AI and other advanced digital technologies, demand for secure and resilient systems is only likely to rise. This partnership is being positioned as part of that bigger shift, helping organisations protect critical operations, maintain digital trust and move ahead with emerging technologies more confidently. For a region trying to scale innovation without dropping the ball on security, well… I mean, that looks like a sensble direction.

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