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UAE Business: Paramount unveils AI-powered SoCMate at GISEC 2026

Paramount, a UAE-headquartered cybersecurity company, has announced the launch of SoCMate, a first-of-its-kind GCC-born AI-powered security investigation assistant. SoCMate brings a first-of-its-kind approach to SOC investigation, changing the analyst experience from searching manually through fragmented data to working with an assistant that can connect signals, build context and guide the next action, while keeping critical response.

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