Radar · Cybersecurity in United Arab Emirates
Best Cybersecurity Companies in United Arab Emirates
The 53 best Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Avantis Labs.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
53companies tracked
$5.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
Sources & further reading
- AI and ML threats drive security investment shift, ISG study finds
- Cybersecurity market researchers forecast significant growth
- Cybersecurity Market to Grow 15% between 2020 and 2026
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Our analysis of 174 Cybersecurity companies
$16.2b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
174companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
20unicorns
2018median founding year
112kcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avantis Labs Offering zero trust remote access solutions | $4M | 33 mo ago | Deadpooled | Herbert Zierl Managing Director & Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 2 | GetBEE Online platform for business communication | $2M | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+14 | — |
| 3 | TrustChip Providers chip protection solutions to prevent IP theft | — | 71 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mohammed Nabeel Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 4 | A1 SmartCam Developer of AI-based video analytics solutions for surveillance | — | — | Funding Raised | Mohamed Ghaly Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | 5 launchs |
| 5 | Amani AI based solutions for identity verification | — | — | Unfunded | Hamid Khan Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressZohoMySQL+27 | — |
| 6 | Ascent -Anti-Money-Laundering-Software-Solutions AML Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application | — | — | Deadpooled | Kundan Shekhawat CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | CINQUE AML compliance solution and ERP software provider | — | — | Unfunded | BASIL SALAH Managing Director | 1998 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | — |
| 8 | Clario Cloud-based unified endpoint security solutions provider | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2019 | SentryNginxAmazon Web Services+9 | — |
Top 3 Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates
#1
Deadpooled · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018$4Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018
Offering zero trust remote access solutions
Funding rounds
- Sep 2023Seed$4M
Founders & team
Investors
Pantera Capital, Founders Fund, Base, Modular Capital
#2
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018 · 17 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018 · 17 employees
Online platform for business communication. It offers a platform for scheduling and coordinating virtual assignments. Users can also offer video consultations to their clients on the platform. The platform provides live dashboards and reports to see performance, ratings, and reviews.
Funding rounds
- Oct 2021Seed$1.8M
Investors
B&Y Venture Partners, Altitude Capital Partners, Plus VC, DAI, Hub71, Select Venture Equity
#3
Funding Raised · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2021—raised▾
Funding Raised · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2021
Providers chip protection solutions to prevent IP theft
Founders & team
Investors
StartAD
Funding & investor landscape
$5.8Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United Arab Emirates · country-scoped Prism corpus, 612,814 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United Arab Emirates
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in the United Arab Emirates
A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 201 United Arab Emirates-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201420222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 26% → 40% across 2014–2026.
top research entities
- Amity University57
- United Arab Emirates University30
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology25
- Higher Colleges of Technology10
- University of Sharjah9
leading researchers
Zouheir Trabelsi · Safaa Zeidan · Khaled Salah · Mohammad Mehedy Masud · Himanshu Gupta · Sarvesh Tanwar · Mohammed M. Alani · Ali Bou Nassif
▲
Breakthroughs69 · 34%
▲ 19%→44% share
▲2.3× share momentum0 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (19%→44% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Intrusion detection system1→29
- Computer security3→11
- Network security3→9
- Feature selection1→6
- Random forest1→5
Newly emergingFeature (linguistics) 0→9 · Internet of Things 0→8 · Artificial neural network 0→8
Landmark Multi-Stage Optimized Machine Learning Framework for Network Intrusion Detection · 266 cites
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Advancements84 · 42%
▼ 52%→35% share
▼0.7× share momentum3 median citations52% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (52%→35% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Intrusion detection system7→22
- Denial-of-service attack5→10
- Botnet2→7
- Artificial neural network1→6
- Malware2→4
Newly emergingAnomaly detection 0→7 · Software-defined networking 0→6 · Internet of Things 0→5
Landmark Comparative study of two most popular packet sniffing tools-Tcpdump and Wireshark · 106 cites
▼
Concerns32 · 16%
▼ 15%→14% share
▼0.9× share momentum4 median citations56% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (15%→14% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Intrusion detection system3→8
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→5
Landmark Smart grid cyber security: Challenges and solutions · 93 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Arab Emirates
Where cybersecurity is researched across United Arab Emirates
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Dubai75 · +0.47
Abu Dhabi66 · +0.51
Al Ain35 · +0.43
Sharjah11 · +0.51
Ajman8 · +0.82
Common questions
How many Cybersecurity companies are there in United Arab Emirates?
Radar tracks 53 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in United Arab Emirates that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates?
The Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates on this list have raised a combined $5.8M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in United Arab Emirates?
Avantis Labs is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in United Arab Emirates, with $4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates are funded?
2 of the 53 Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in United Arab Emirates?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in United Arab Emirates on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United Arab Emirates Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in United Arab Emirates Cybersecurity companies on this list include In5, Altitude Capital Partners, B&Y Venture Partners, Base, Brinc.
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