Friday, May 31, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.
Marrakech – Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center, subsidiary of the multinational professional services network, Deloitte and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), through its Vanguard Center, announced, Friday in Marrakech, their partnership for the creation, design and implementation of a laboratory specializing in securing industrial technologies and products (OT/ICS).
This laboratory, at the heart of the joint commitment of Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center and UM6P, will provide Morocco, as well as the local and African manufacturing industry, with cutting-edge cybernetic capabilities, underlines UM6P in a press release .
This partnership is likely to strengthen the resilience of these industries in the face of emerging cyber threats by focusing on securing technical operations and industrial control systems, adds the same Source.
Quoted in the press release, the President of the Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center, Imade Elbaraka, affirmed that the laboratory represents a “significant advance in our common commitment to security and technological innovation”, emphasizing that by combining the expertise of Deloitte and UM6P’s cutting-edge research, “we are committed to providing sovereign cyber security solutions that meet the specific needs of local and African industry”.
For his part, the president of UM6P, Hicham El Habti, indicated that UM6P, through its commitment to technological development and its support for research, “sees in this partnership with Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center an opportunity to strengthen the efforts of Moroccan and African industries in favor of cybersecurity”.
“By uniting our resources and expertise, we wish to contribute, through this laboratory, to the creation of an environment favoring innovation in the field of securing industrial technologies,” he noted.
This partnership demonstrates the commitment of Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center and UM6P to supporting the economic and technological development of Morocco and Africa, by strengthening the security of critical infrastructure and industrial systems against cyber threats, the press release added. .
