{"id":62979,"date":"2024-03-15T11:21:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T11:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?p=62979"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:26:40","slug":"phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Cisco CTO for the Middle East and Africa will lead the company\u2019s expansion throughout this important high-growth region.<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By: Gulf Tech News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc<\/a>., the leading provider of unified, prevention-based security management for the\u00a0x<\/strong>Tended Internet of Things (x<\/strong>IoT), today announced the appointment of Osama AlZoubi as the Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his new role, AlZoubi will oversee Phosphorus\u2019 growth and development throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, as the company expands its presence in the region with its best-of-breed\u00a0Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Protection Platform<\/a>\u00a0that discovers, remediates, monitors, and manages the full scope of IoT, OT, IIoT, and IoMT devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the world\u2019s fastest growing economic regions, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East are experiencing significant technological progress, particularly in energy, smart manufacturing, and urban development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia is also spearheading a monumental transformation in the region with its Vision 2030 \u2013 with mega and giga projects like NEOM, King Salman Park, Diriyah, Murabba, the Red Sea Project, and Qiddiya. The region\u2019s rapid development and integration of advanced Cyber-Physical Systems requires more robust security capabilities to protect sensitive IoT and OT devices from the growing threat of cyber attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AlZoubi will play a critical role in leading Phosphorus\u2019 efforts to assist the region\u2019s public and private enterprises in achieving the highest level of proactive cybersecurity for their entire\u00a0x<\/strong>IoT estates, including the most sensitive mission-critical and life-critical assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOsama is an accomplished computer scientist and former CTO of Cisco Middle East and Africa who helped build many of the networks we work to secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His knowledge and experience will make him a tremendous asset to our organization and senior leadership team,\u201d said Chris Rouland, CEO of Phosphorus. \u201cCybersecurity is critically important in fast-developing Saudi Arabia, and across the Middle East region, as more countries invest in advanced technologies, such as smart cities. These critical IoT and OT assets require a new level of protection that traditional security solutions simply cannot provide. Osama will play a crucial role in expanding our\u00a0x<\/strong>IoT platform across this region to ensure our customers have the highest level of proactive protection for their Cyber-Physical Systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPhosphorus is a groundbreaking and disruptive security company with remarkable potential in the region and throughout the world,\u201d said AlZoubi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly Phosphorus has the capability to proactively discover, remediate, monitor, and manage the full range of IoT, OT, IIoT, and IoMT assets that represent an ever-expanding attack surface. This is especially true in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and throughout the Middle East and Africa, where high-tech development is not only creating massive economic opportunity, but also the potential for disruption from ransomware and cyber-physical attacks. I am excited to join this innovative company and I look forward to accelerating its growth in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AlZoubi is a seasoned technology and business leader with over 25 years of extensive experience in information and communications technology (ICT). His expertise encompasses pivotal domains such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, data centers (DC), software (SW), and infrastructure. Throughout his career, he has actively engaged in cutting-edge research and development initiatives, including a patent for a wireless underwater IoT system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining Phosphorus, AlZoubi held multiple global leadership roles and most recently served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Cisco in the Middle East and Africa. AlZoubi led the Engineering and Business Architecture teams, to drive Digital Transformation across the MEA region, while driving the digitization initiatives, innovation, and business growth across the private and public sector in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and Africa. AlZoubi is also the author of \u201cThe Digital Disruption\u201d, he holds a patent in the IoT field, and he has multiple publications in Harvard Business Review Arabia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phosphorus<\/a><\/strong>\u2019\u00a0Gartner-recognized<\/a>\u00a0Unified xIoT Security Management Platform<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is the industry\u2019s only CPS Protection Platform proactively covering the entire security and management lifecycle for\u00a0x<\/strong>IoT. Through its unique ability to directly communicate with over\u00a0one million device models<\/a>\u00a0(including over 600 vendors) in their native languages, Phosphorus\u2019 platform empowers all organizations to safely discover, harden, remediate, and manage any IoT\/OT\/IoMT device, including the most sensitive mission-critical and life-critical assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Phosphorus, visit\u00a0www.phosphorus.io<\/a>, or see us at upcoming conferences, such as RSAC, Black Hat, and DEF CON.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Cisco CTO for the Middle East and Africa will lead the company\u2019s expansion throughout this important high-growth region. By: Gulf Tech News Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc., the leading provider of unified, prevention-based security management for the\u00a0xTended Internet of Things (xIoT), today announced the appointment of Osama AlZoubi as the Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":62980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[644],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communications-technology"],"yoast_head":"\nPhosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Cisco CTO for the Middle East and Africa will lead the company\u2019s expansion throughout this important high-growth region. By: Gulf Tech News Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc., the leading provider of unified, prevention-based security management for the\u00a0xTended Internet of Things (xIoT), today announced the appointment of Osama AlZoubi as the Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia and …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Tech News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T11:21:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-21T10:26:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"811\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"471\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohamed Helmi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohamed Helmi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/\",\"name\":\"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-15T11:21:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-21T10:26:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99283932b91da95a63be5cf8fc847da8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg\",\"width\":811,\"height\":471},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Gulf Tech News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99283932b91da95a63be5cf8fc847da8\",\"name\":\"Mohamed Helmi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b133404df3a2a10394195fdbf070ef3df1323a45175d49d899fe3b27a5fa401?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b133404df3a2a10394195fdbf070ef3df1323a45175d49d899fe3b27a5fa401?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohamed Helmi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/author\/mohamedhelmi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News","og_description":"Former Cisco CTO for the Middle East and Africa will lead the company\u2019s expansion throughout this important high-growth region. By: Gulf Tech News Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc., the leading provider of unified, prevention-based security management for the\u00a0xTended Internet of Things (xIoT), today announced the appointment of Osama AlZoubi as the Regional Vice President, Saudi Arabia and …","og_url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/","og_site_name":"Gulf Tech News","article_published_time":"2024-03-15T11:21:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-21T10:26:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":811,"height":471,"url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mohamed Helmi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohamed Helmi","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/","name":"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East - Gulf Tech News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-15T11:21:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-21T10:26:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99283932b91da95a63be5cf8fc847da8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Osama-AlZoubi-as-the-Regional-Vice-President-Saudi-Arabia-and-the-Middle-East-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0633\u0637.jpg","width":811,"height":471},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2024\/03\/15\/phosphorus-appoints-osama-alzoubi-as-regional-vice-president-of-saudi-arabia-and-middle-east\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phosphorus Appoints Osama AlZoubi as Regional Vice President of Saudi Arabia and Middle East"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/","name":"Gulf Tech News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99283932b91da95a63be5cf8fc847da8","name":"Mohamed Helmi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b133404df3a2a10394195fdbf070ef3df1323a45175d49d899fe3b27a5fa401?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b133404df3a2a10394195fdbf070ef3df1323a45175d49d899fe3b27a5fa401?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohamed Helmi"},"url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/author\/mohamedhelmi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62982,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62979\/revisions\/62982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}