The security partner regional enterprises call first
Founded in Cairo in 2012 to close the gap between security that is bought and security that works. Vendor-independent by design, engineered by our own team, and attacked by our own offensive security team before anyone calls it done.
A security engineering firm, not a box shifter
IT Vikings was founded in Cairo to solve a problem the region knew well: enterprises could buy security products easily enough, but getting them designed, integrated and actually operated was another matter. Licences were sold, boxes were racked, and the gap between what was purchased and what was protected stayed open.
We built the company to close that gap. We assess what you run, design what you need and deploy it with our own certified engineers. Then our offensive security team — a separate team, and still ours — attacks it before anyone signs it off. After handover, our SOC team can operate and monitor it on an 8x5 or 24x7 model for clients who contract it, and our engineers stay on for post-sales support.
And we hand over more than a system. We transfer the know-how with it, so your own team understands what was built, why it was built that way, and how to run it.
- Years securing business
- 14Years securing business
- Client organisations
- 100+Client organisations
- Technology vendors
- 68Technology vendors
What we are here to do
We are here to secure your business assets with sound methodology and exceptional support. We want to be your go-to security solutions and services provider.
Where we are going
We are extending our experience and knowledge to guarantee your business security. We believe in the transfer of the know-how — because after all, you are the one securing your business.
What we build, and what we do
Technology our network security team designs, deploys and hardens — and three practices of professional services delivered by our own people.
Technology
Vendor-independent engineering across the estate — the fabric itself, and the controls that defend it.
ExploreGovernance, Risk & Compliance
The governance backbone that lets everything else stand on solid ground.
ExploreManaged SOC & Incident Response
Eyes on glass around the clock, and a steady hand the moment something goes wrong.
ExploreOffensive Security
Thinking, and attacking, like the adversary — before the adversary gets the chance.
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A partner, not a reseller
Most of what separates one security supplier from another only becomes visible after the contract is signed. These are the four differences that show up first.
The whole lifecycle, one contract
Assessment, design, implementation, testing, certification readiness, monitoring and response under a single agreement — so no failure lands in the gap between two suppliers.
No vendor quota to hit
We carry no revenue target for any manufacturer. That is what makes a shortlist worth reading, and what lets us recommend the smaller product when it is the better one.
The people who build it are not the people who test it
Three teams, all ours. Network security designs and deploys the estate; offensive security attacks it afterwards and writes up what it found; the SOC team operates and monitors it for clients who contract it. Nobody marks their own homework.
Regulator-ready by default
ISO 27001, PCI DSS and central-bank frameworks are the context we design in from day one, not a remediation project after the auditor arrives.
The four we are willing to lose work over
Values are only worth publishing where they cost something. Each of these has, at some point, meant a smaller proposal than the one we could have written.
Independence before margin
We hold partnerships across the market precisely so that none of them decides an answer. The recommendation is whatever survives the assessment — including "keep what you have", which is not a recommendation a reseller is structured to make.
Evidence over assertion
Findings are shown with the reasoning that produced them, and the salary bands for every open role are published up front. If a control is not working we say so in the report rather than in the renewal conversation.
One accountable team
The engineer who designs it is the engineer who deploys it. No handoff to a delivery arm that was not in the room, and no second contract to make the first one work.
Built where we operate
Our offices sit in the markets we serve, and our engineers work with the regulators those markets answer to. Local compliance context is not a slide in our deck — it is part of the job.
Regulated estates, where the downside is real
Banks, ministries, hospitals and energy operators — organisations that are audited, that cannot take an outage lightly, and that ask for evidence before they ask for a quote.
- Banking
- Commercial
- Government
- Energy
- Fintech
- Transport
- Education
The answers your risk review needs
Enterprise and government buyers run third-party risk assessments before they run a pilot. These are the answers that hold up the front of that process, published rather than emailed on request.
1A, St. 200, Degla, Maadi,
Cairo, Egypt 11431
- Registered office
- Cairo, Egypt
- Other offices
- United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia · England · United States
- Operating region
- MEA, Europe & North America
CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPANY
- Licensed NTRA Cybersecurity Services Provider (Egypt) — two NTRA regulatory licences
CERTIFICATIONS HELD BY OUR ENGINEERS
- OSCP
- eCPPT
- eMAPT
- eWAPTX v2
- CRTP
- ISC2 CC
- JNCIA-Junos
- JNCDA
- JNCIS-ENT
- JNCIS-SEC
- JNCIP-ENT
- PCNSE
- NetSec-Pro
- NSE 4
- NSE 7
- FCSS Secure Networking 7.6
- FCSS SASE
- VCIE
- VPSE
Ready to secure your business?
Book a consultation with our engineers. Bring your architecture and your constraints — we'll tell you what we would do first, and why.