Security teams worldwide are facing a convergence of pressures that no longer scale with human capacity alone. Cybercrime damages have surged to an estimated $10.5 trillion globally, the cybersecurity talent gap has widened to 4.8 million unfilled roles, and organizations continue to drown in alert volume, burnout, and rising compliance demands. Against this backdrop, Secure.com has announced the launch of its Digital Security Teammate (DST) — a new category of AI-native agents built to work alongside human security professionals rather than simply provide another tool to manage.
The launch is not just a product announcement; it represents a broader strategic push from Dubai-based Secure.com to position the Middle East as a global hub for AI-driven security innovation.
An Industry at a Breaking Point
Security operations centers (SOCs) have struggled for years with a mismatch between the infinite scalability of attacks and the very finite scalability of human teams. Nearly 84% of security professionals report being uncomfortably stressed, and almost 60% are considering leaving the profession, according to a survey cited in Secure.com’s announcement. Analysts routinely face thousands of alerts per day, complex tool stacks, rising regulatory demands, and an ever-increasing need for contextual, defensible decision-making.
Traditional responses — more dashboards, more tools, more automation — have only increased the cognitive burden on security teams. Hiring is no relief either. SOC leaders face five-month hiring cycles, salary demands exceeding $300,000 per year, and intense competition for experienced analysts.
Secure.com’s answer is to approach the crisis at the level of team capacity itself.
Digital Security Teammates: AI Colleagues, Not AI Tools
In its launch announcement, Secure.com describes Digital Security Teammates as “AI-native agents” that operate inside a company’s existing security stack, handling investigation, alert triage, compliance tasks, vulnerability insights, and workflow orchestration — escalating to humans only when needed.
“Security teams are drowning. We are giving them oxygen,” said Uzair Gadit, CEO of Secure.com. “The industry does not need another tool. It needs teammates. We built Digital Security Teammates to work like real colleagues. They take the night shift, clear the queue, and catch what humans miss while explaining every action. One Digital Security Teammate matches the workload of an L1 analyst and security engineer combined, at a fraction of the cost.”
Unlike most AI copilots, DSTs deploy in minutes, integrate with over 200 security platforms — including CrowdStrike, Splunk, IBM QRadar, Palo Alto Networks, AWS, Azure, and GCP — and begin generating value within the first 30 minutes.
Secure.com emphasizes that DSTs do not replace existing security tools; they simplify, unify, and operationalize them. Early results show:
- 70% faster detection (MTTD)
- 50% faster resolution (MTTR)
- 75% faster alert triage
- 2,000+ analyst hours saved annually per DST
- 60% reduction in alert fatigue
These gains directly address the manpower crisis and create the operational breathing room SOCs desperately need.
Auditability and Trust: AI That Explains Every Action
One of the greatest concerns among SOC leaders evaluating AI systems is the issue of trust. Black-box decisions cannot be justified during audits, during incident response reviews, or in front of regulators.
Secure.com tackles this problem with what it describes as transparent operations — every action taken by a DST is explained, traceable, and auditable. Analysts can ask why a quarantine occurred or why an incident was escalated, and the DST provides a full reasoning chain, including threat intelligence sources, triggered policies, and decision logic.
This approach aligns closely with the increasing seriousness of global compliance frameworks. DSTs include built-in support for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NCA ECC, SAMA, and other regional requirements that demand consistent documentation and full transparency.
Real-World Impact: Early Deployments Show Momentum
Secure.com reports early adoption in finance, healthcare, technology, and mid-market cloud-first organizations — particularly those with lean teams that struggle with round-the-clock coverage.
Brendan Laws, COO of Blackpanda, described the impact succinctly:
“Secure.com doesn’t replace our security stack; it brings it together. It connects configuration signals, uncovers risks that slip past traditional workflows, and helps our engineers focus on the fixes that move our security forward. It feels like having a digital teammate keeping watch and adding context in ways a single analyst never could.”
Similarly, systems integrator INIT Limited noted:
“With Secure.com’s Digital Security Teammates, we’ve gone from chasing issues to confidently leading security operations. It’s like having an assistant that understands our environment, acts with precision, and scales with our needs.”
Why Dubai Matters: The Middle East’s Rising AI Security Powerhouse
A central part of Secure.com’s story — and one that distinguishes this launch — is its location.
Secure.com is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, positioned inside one of the most rapidly advancing AI ecosystems in the world. Its founders are seasoned entrepreneurs with $850 million in combined exits, including the team behind Cloudways, acquired by DigitalOcean for $350 million.
The company’s new funding round — $4.5 million from Disrupt.com, “the leading venture builder out of MENA” — underscores strong regional commitment to accelerating AI-native security solutions.
The Middle East is experiencing a strategic shift:
- It is becoming a global AI innovation hub, with world-class infrastructure and aggressive investment.
- The region is cultivating an AI-ready workforce aimed at leapfrogging traditional approaches to cybersecurity.
- Breach costs in the region average $7.29 million, driving urgency for next-generation defenses.
- Governments and enterprises across the GCC are prioritizing automation, resilience, and compliance, creating fertile ground for solutions like Secure.com’s DST.
This launch reinforces the region’s growing reputation for producing globally deployable, mission-critical AI technologies.
Putting Enterprise Security Within Reach
Perhaps the most significant element of the announcement is accessibility. DST pricing starts at $2,500 per month, placing enterprise-grade security automation within reach for organizations that cannot hire additional analysts — or cannot hire analysts at all.
In Gadit’s words:
“You cannot hire your way out of a 10.5 trillion threat. You need leverage.”
By absorbing noise, triage tasks, compliance prep, and complex correlation work, Digital Security Teammates give human analysts the freedom to focus on strategy, high-context investigations, and proactive risk reduction.
A New Model for Security Operations
Secure.com’s Digital Security Teammate is not simply another product in an oversaturated market; it represents a shift toward team-level augmentation, where automation is designed to act as a true colleague rather than a disconnected tool.
This approach targets the core failure point in modern security operations: the inability of human-only teams to scale at the same pace as AI-driven threats. By pairing humans with AI teammates that explain every action, unify disparate tools, and provide real operational leverage, Secure.com is positioning DSTs as a model for the next era of cybersecurity.
The company’s launch from Dubai — with regional funding, global design partners, and a platform tailored for both U.S. and Middle Eastern compliance frameworks — signals that the world’s center of gravity in AI-driven cybersecurity may be shifting faster than many expected.
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Steven Bowcut is an award-winning journalist covering cyber and physical security. He is an editor and writer for Brilliance Security Magazine as well as other security and non-security online publications. Follow and connect with Steve on Instagram and LinkedIn.