{"id":6681,"date":"2025-09-09T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:00:31","slug":"orange-romania-launches-cybersecurity-company-scut-amid-rising-digital-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6681","title":{"rendered":"Orange Romania launches cybersecurity company SCUT amid rising digital threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orange Romania announced on Tuesday, September 9, the launch of SCUT, a new cybersecurity company designed to provide unified, international-standard protection for businesses and critical infrastructure amid rising digital threats.<\/p>\n<p>SCUT \u2013 short for Securitate Cibernetic\u0103 Unificat\u0103 \u00een Telecomunica\u021bii (Unified Cybersecurity in Telecommunications) \u2013 aims to shield companies from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks through an integrated model offering full visibility and control across organizational systems, Orange said.<\/p>\n<p>Its services will combine multiple layers of defense with coordinated incident response, supported by artificial intelligence tools to detect abnormal behavior and business risks.<\/p>\n<p>The new company operates independently, with Orange Romania as the majority shareholder, and is backed by Orange Cyberdefense, the group\u2019s global cybersecurity arm active in more than 160 countries with 18 security operations centers.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0103d\u0103lin Dumitru, an expert with nearly three decades of international experience in cybersecurity, has been appointed CEO. He described SCUT\u2019s approach as a \u201ccyber-dome\u201d that protects data from creation to transfer and storage.<\/p>\n<p>SCUT\u2019s Chief Technology Officer, Valentin Popa, brings over 20 years of global experience in telecoms, software, and cyber defense, having previously built centers of excellence in incident detection and IT security architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The launch comes after a year in which Romania\u2019s energy, IT, and public administration sectors were frequent targets of cyberattacks. SCUT will target clients across industries, including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Orange Romania, part of the global Orange Group, said the creation of SCUT is part of its long-term commitment to strengthening Romania\u2019s digital infrastructure, where it has invested EUR 4.7 billion since entering the market.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">O<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">ne Photo\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange Romania announced on Tuesday, September 9, the launch of SCUT, a new cybersecurity company designed to provide unified, international-standard protection for businesses and critical infrastructure amid rising digital threats. SCUT \u2013 short for Securitate Cibernetic\u0103 Unificat\u0103 \u00een Telecomunica\u021bii (Unified Cybersecurity in Telecommunications) \u2013 aims to shield companies from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks through an integrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}