Doha, Qatar – 7 August 2012 – Consolidated Gulf Company (CGC), a leading ISO and OHSAS certified technology and engineering company of Qatar, has announced today that they have strengthened their partnership with Cisco by successfully attaining the Identity Services Engine (ISE) Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) designation. To achieve the latest certification, CGC met all the rigorous ATP programme criteria, including qualified Cisco certified personnel levels. This core specialization fully demonstrates CGC’s knowledge and competency in designing, deploying, and supporting comprehensive Cisco ISE products and service portfolios.

Anil Mahajan, Chief Operating Officer, CGC, expressed happiness over adding another Cisco ATP recognition to the company’s long list of credentials. “This certification reflects our accomplishment and commitment to support valued clients enhance infrastructure security, enforce compliance reliably and maintain seamless services. It not only validates CGC’s resource capabilities and expertise to build enterprise-class security solutions and give businesses full visibility and control over network users, but also distinguishes us from other network infrastructure security providers in Qatar. As we always strive to bring cutting edge technologies which are beneficial to our customers, ISE expertise enables us to directly meet client’s needs with customised solutions and trained resources.”



CGC is a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, the highest level a Cisco partner can obtain. CGC has achieved advanced specializations in Borderless Networking Architecture, Unified Communications Architecture, Data Center Architecture along with Managed Services. CGC also achieved Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence certification from Cisco.

“CGC deserves to be recognized for conquering yet another milestone. By achieving a variety of specializations and advanced certifications, CGC has invested considerably in developing the capabilities to deliver integrated and customized technology solutions to local businesses”, said Mazen Raad, Regional Manager at Cisco Qatar.

The Cisco Identity Service Engine is a core component of the Cisco TrustSec solution and Cisco’s SecureX architecture. It focuses on the pervasive service enablement of Cisco TrustSec for borderless networks. ISE can be deployed as an appliance or virtual machine to enforce security policy on all devices that attempt to gain access to network infrastructure. Integrated with the Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS), Cisco ISE helps you manage all devices more securely. In a wireless environment, it can help address the challenges of a “bring-your-own-device” environment. As a comprehensive and contextually-based access control solution, ISE offers exceptional visibility and control, ensuring a highly secure enterprise and an efficiently enforced security policy across a distributed network.