Kaspersky announced that Ilkem Ozar, one of the experienced names in the industry, has been appointed as the General Manager of Turkey. Ozar’s primary goals include focusing on customer satisfaction, achieving more aggressive growth in Kaspersky’s corporate business unit, establishing a stronger presence in the industry, acquiring more business partners in the B2B portfolio, and devising solid strategies that will bring more customers to the company.
Starting his career as Kaspersky Turkey General Manager, Özar said: “Kaspersky is performing strongly in the Turkish market. The company recorded 64% growth in B2B sales in 2022. As the General Manager of Turkey, my main priorities will be to ensure the significant development of Kaspersky in Turkey by providing the highest level of customer satisfaction and establishing a strong and talented ecosystem. For this purpose, we will strengthen our cooperation with our existing business partners by increasing and adding new ones, as well as our technical support and business partner network in the region. Thus, we will make Kaspersky’s proven and reliable cyber security solutions easily accessible in Turkey. I am proud to be part of a world-class cybersecurity company like Kaspersky that is at the forefront of making the world cyber-secure.”
İlkem Özar, who has been a senior manager in the IT sector since 1998 and has been working in the field of cyber security since 2010, has deep-rooted experience in the SME, medium-sized and corporate segments. Özar will carry out its activities under the Kaspersky Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.
Regarding the appointment, Amir Kanaan, General Manager of Kaspersky Middle East, Turkey and Africa, shared his views as follows: “With Ilkem joining the team, his expertise and in-depth understanding of the needs of the local market will further our development in the SME and corporate markets, and that Turkey is an important market for us. I believe it will encourage new ventures and business growth in the
Kaspersky Strengthens Its Position in the Turkish Market
As part of its strategy to strengthen its position in the Turkish market, Kaspersky is also investing in R&D and developing its cybersecurity workforce. In January, a new security researcher from Turkey joined the company’s Global Research and Analysis team. Mert Değirmenci, a part of the advanced security experts group, will focus on monitoring the cyber threat ecosystem in Turkey and threats against our country.
In recent years, Kaspersky has been expanding its product ecosystem, and especially its portfolio of enterprise security products, with solutions based on superior threat intelligence to provide better protection to its customers. The company offers its corporate customers comprehensive integrated solutions such as Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity, specialized solutions such as Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response and Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response, and threat intelligence services. Kaspersky is also developing a new approach to digital transformation by offering solutions based on the Cyber Immunity approach. This concept focuses on introducing solutions that are virtually impossible to exploit by cyber threats and that minimize the number of potential vulnerabilities that are critical to the protection of critical infrastructures.
Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency
