Savvy Games names new chief financial officer

Saleh Alfadhel
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Updated 22 May 2023
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Savvy Games names new chief financial officer

Savvy Games Group, a games and esports company founded to drive the long-term growth and development of esports and the wider games industry worldwide, has announced the appointment of Saleh Alfadhel as chief financial officer.

Alfadhel brings a wealth of experience in finance and accounting to his new role, having served most recently as the group chief financial officer at Saudia, the national carrier and one of the largest airlines in the Middle East. He has also served as a member of many listed and close joint stock companies’ boards and audit committees, including Riyadh Airports, Flyadeal and AXA insurance.

In his new role, Alfadhel will oversee Savvy Games Group’s financial strategy and operations, sitting on the executive team to drive the company’s growth and profitability.

Savvy is 100 percent owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF.

Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Saleh Alfadhel as our new chief financial officer. With his impressive track record and wealth of experience in finance and strategy, I know he will play a critical role in driving Savvy’s development and growth.”


Cyberani achieves major milestone in 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Updated 23 December 2025
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Cyberani achieves major milestone in 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Cyberani by Aramco Digital, a leading provider of cybersecurity services and solutions, announced a significant achievement in the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluations. The company successfully passed all assigned cybersecurity assessments and scored exceptional marks in detecting seven core attack tactics within the MITRE ATT&CK framework. These include 100 percent in collection tactics, 100 percent in credential access, 100 percent execution of code, 100 percent of data exfiltration, 100 percent lateral movement tactics, 100 percent of persistence activities, and 100 percent recon activities. This accomplishment reflects Cyberani’s strong capabilities in safeguarding the national cyberspace and enhancing its security posture, while reinforcing its position in the global cybersecurity field and demonstrating the advancement of its innovations on an international scale.

Alongside its technical performance in the evaluation, Cyberani was granted a seat on the ATT&CK Evals Participant Advisory Council. This position enables the company to contribute to the development and refinement of future evaluation methodologies, support better alignment between ATT&CK assessments and the needs of regional and global defense ecosystems, and strengthen Saudi Arabia’s role in shaping the future of cybersecurity worldwide.

The MITRE ATT&CK evaluation is an advanced technical assessment designed to simulate real adversary behavior and measure how cybersecurity solutions and threat detection services respond to the tactics, techniques, and procedures used in actual attacks. Through its participation, Cyberani aligned its threat detection capabilities with the ATT&CK framework widely adopted across the global cybersecurity community, providing measurable and transparent insights into system performance under complex and realistic attack scenarios.

Headquartered in Riyadh, Cyberani leverages extensive hands-on experience in protecting industrial environments and critical infrastructure. This expertise enables the company to bring national operational realities into a broader ATT&CK context and support the global community in deepening its understanding of threat detection performance across diverse operating environments.

During the 2025 evaluation, Cyberani’s threat detection capabilities and security monitoring services were tested against a wide range of ATT&CK techniques. The results provided a detailed view of how its detection systems responded to every phase of simulated attack chains, offering clear visibility into coverage areas performing as intended and identifying opportunities for further tuning and enhancement. These insights now fuel Cyberani’s cybersecurity development roadmap and support its ongoing improvement efforts.

Saeed Alsaeed, CEO of Cyberani, said that Cyberani’s participation in the MITRE ATT&CK evaluations and the results achieved in its threat detection capabilities provided the company with a structured and transparent understanding of its performance across complex attack scenarios and enabled it to implement more precise enhancements.

This milestone aligns with Cyberani’s strategy to safeguard regional infrastructure with advanced cyber solutions, fueled by innovation and empowered by world-class Saudi talent.