Risk Associates, a Middle East leader, joins the partner program to drive Verimatrix XTD app protection, threat detection & Response managed services to their customers.
Aix-en-Provence, France and San Diego, USA, March 19, 2025 – Verimatrix, (Euronext Paris: VMX), the leader in powering the modern connected world with people-centered security, today announced the launch of the Verimatrix XTD Velocity Partner Alliance, a global channel sales program designed to empower partners with best-in-class application protection solutions. As part of this initiative, Risk Associates, a leading Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), has joined the program to offer Verimatrix XTD Enterprise Suite to banks and enterprises across Australia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
The XTD Velocity Partner Alliance, spearheaded by Simon Emery, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Verimatrix, provides resellers, MSSPs, system integrators, and cybersecurity firms with comprehensive resources to deliver AI-powered mobile app shielding, endpoint threat detection, and response solutions.
The program enhances channel sales by offering:
“With the Verimatrix XTD Velocity Partner Alliance, we're redefining how cybersecurity providers and channel partners collaborate to accelerate app protection at scale,” said Jon Samsel, Global Head of Cybersecurity Business at Verimatrix. “Our expanded partnership with Risk Associates has already resulted in six banks choosing Verimatrix to safeguard their applications—and we’re just getting started. Strategic alliances like this ensure that financial institutions can leverage our award-winning technologies to protect their app code, customer data, and brand reputation with confidence.”
Having successfully deployed Verimatrix XTD app protection for fintech and banking institutions since last year, Risk Associates brings over 20 years of cybersecurity expertise and serves as a trusted MSSP for top brands and startups across the region.
It’s dedication to shielding businesses from the latest threats, including mobile-based attacks, matches well with the opportunity to offer its customers the Verimatrix XTD suite that powerfully protects mobile app owners from reverse engineering, application repackaging attacks, dynamic modification, man-in-thedevice attacks while also providing anti-Frida, anti-emulator and anti-debugger defenses.
“Risk Associates welcomes this partnership with Verimatrix to offer proven protections for vital mobile apps that are relied upon by millions in the regions we serve,” said Aziz A. Rahim, Chief Operating Officer at Risk Associates. “Verimatrix’s powerful yet easily-to-implement XTD technologies provide tremendous value to customers through extensive threat visibility and remediation that is often lacking in vulnerable apps that remain crucial for enterprises and their users.”
As part of the XTD Velocity Partner Alliance, Risk Associates now offers the following Verimatrix XTD
platform solutions:
Verimatrix XTD Enterprise includes:
Additional Verimatrix solutions available for resale include:
For more information on joining the Verimatrix XTD Velocity Partner Alliance, visit
https://www.verimatrix.com/partners.