Aptec Holdings, one of the largest technology distributors in the Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey & Africa, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Applied Security GmbH (APSEC), a leading vendor of IT security solutions specialized in PKI solutions, encryption and digital signature. The agreement covers the whole of Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Pakistan.

Andreas Schuster, Sales Manager EMEA for Applied Security and Head of the Middle East branch office in Dubai, stated, "Since our inception in 1998, we have developed IT security products & solutions to protect mission critical infrastructure of more than 8000 clients worldwide in different verticals. We have been able to replicate our outstanding success worldwide in the Middle East market as well as we have been present for the past three years now. The ME market is now looking to secure its internal processes and protect sensitive data and we believe that Aptec with its unique and broad channel network will be the right partner in our latest thrust to scale the business and serve more clients in the region.
Bahaa Salah, Managing Director at Aptec Distribution states “We are excited to add Apsec to our Security products offering as we see it complementing and helping us to offer a total security solution”

Govind Haridas, Business Unit Manager at Aptec Distribution states “Apsec is a specialist focused in providing DLP, Encryption and PKI solutions to various segments in the market. They have unique offerings to address both the Enterprise and the SME sectors at a price point which makes it a more compelling proposition than their current competitors. In the current market conditions where the CIO and the IT Manager are trying to extract the maximum value for money, Apsec is an ideal fit. This is testified by the various enterprise banks and Govt. institutions in the Middle East region that have adopted and implemented Apsec solutions successfully. Apsec also complements quite a few other vendor offerings currently in our product portfolio at Aptec”