History

IT Matrix Ltd (ITM) is the leading Information Security Consulting Company in the Middle East and Gulf region having its offices in Riyadh, Al-Khobar, Bahrain and U.A.E.

Established in 1985 in Saudi Arabia as PC World, we were among the pioneer to introduce IBM compatible PCs to the Saudi market. In 1995, we became the first company to offer a corporate email solution in partnership with Batelco (Bahrain) and Lansoft (USA). In 1997 we changed our name to IT Matrix and focused the company's business to Information Security services and products.

Since then, we have been able to deliver quality and cutting edge services and products to the market building our reputation of being the innovative information security company in the region with a dedicated Research and Development facility with a focus to develop in-house information security technologies.

At this point in time our customer-base spreads across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E, and Jordon.

Major Achievements since 1997

  • Developed an Email firewall (first and only company in the G.C.C region).
  • Introduced Corporate Antivirus with central management (over 100 customers in the first year).
  • First Saudi company to offer independent Information Security consulting.
  • Developed in-house professional services and project management capability.
  • Established close relationship with Information Security Manager's Committee in Saudi (ISMC).
  • First company to introduce BS7799 in the Saudi Market.
  • Gained local recognition for R&D intiatives.
  • Conducted comprehensive research on global CERTS.
  • Assisted CITC to develop the concept of a Saudi CERT.
  • First company to introduce the concept of Secure Operating Center (SOC) in Saudi.
  • Established a satellite SOC in Saudi in partnership with e-COP (Malaysia).
  • First company to introduce comprehensive online Fraud Management services.
  • Established passive honey-pots for detection of Phish attacks.
  • First company to introduce and educate all Saudi banks on PCI DSS and PCI PIN security.
  • Established dedicated Merchant Compliance center for PCI DSS certification.
  • Developed comprehensive detection and monitoring tools for mitigating Phish attacks.
  • Multi-year information security contracts with almost every bank in Saudi Arabia.
  • 24x7x365 annual support contracts for firewall, anti-virus and email infrastructure support with major corporate customers in Saudi Arabia.