Cybersecurity PR services for Southeast Asia

OT AND INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY

Cybersecurity demands clear, concise, and accurate communications above almost any other technology sector. The audiences (CISOs, critical infrastructure operators, plant managers, and regulators) require technical credibility, not volume. As a long standing member of the Code Red Global Network for cybersecurity communications, Pinpoint PR is deeply experienced in this sector, having overseen the market entry for at least 15 cybersecurity companies. Pinpoint PR has also been instrumental with publicizing cybersecurity events GovWare and Cyber Youth Summit. Illka Gobius has mentored start-up and scale founders through Plexal.

We entered the APAC market for Claroty at zero and went on to achieve the highest share of voice in Asia in OT cybersecurity. To kick off with Group-IB, we secured 150+ articles read 3.3 million times across seven regional markets for a single event, and later on retainer, a highlight was securing 18 clips in Tier 1 media for a single phishing scam disclosure in Vietnam.

Clients: Filigran, Sectigo, Claroty, Group-IB, watchTowr, Checkmarx, Horangi, WithSecure, Sygnia, GovWare, Cyber Youth Summit.

Pinpoint PR has done an excellent job of learning the specifics of our very technical product line and the needs of our market before launching a PR strategy that saw quick results for Checkmarx in APAC. We recommend Pinpoint for cybersecurity and technology vendors in APAC without hesitation.

-Cynthia Siemens, former Head of Global Communications, Checkmarx

Critical Infrastructure & Corporate Brand Protection

When a severe network compromise, zero-day exploitation, or ransomware extortion event hits an enterprise, the corporate reputation window closes in minutes. Pinpoint PR offers specialist crisis communications to help navigate the frantic intersection of active threat hunting, regulatory disclosure timelines, and pan-regional media scrutiny.

We offer a battle-tested emergency press office capability designed specifically to insulate tech brands during high-consequence operational crises. Operating out of our Singapore headquarters, we bridge the gap between technical indicators of compromise (IoCs) and defensive public positioning. We move at lightning speed to safeguard enterprise valuation, guide investor sentiment, and maintain market trust when your systems are under absolute duress.

Tier 1 Press Office: Direct, active gatekeeping lines to premier mainstream business editors and international wires—including Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Channel NewsAsia (CNA)—to control breaking-news narrative cycles safely .

Regulatory & Legal Alignment: Mapping responsive technical statements cleanly against domestic personal data protection frameworks and regional operational directives to prevent non-compliance compound litigation.

“Pinpoint PR is the trusted Southeast Asian execution hub for the Code Red Global Network. Our consultants and technical writers are specialist in developing content for software vendors and high-growth cyber innovators globally.”

— Illka Gobius

Case Study: Claroty

Context: Operational Threat (OT) & Industrial Cybersecurity: Executing an international network directive out of the Singapore hub to establish regional market presence, drive category awareness, and secure top-tier corporate visibility across Southeast Asia.

The Case: Industrial cybersecurity pioneer Claroty entered the Asia-Pacific ecosystem with zero domestic market presence or regional share of voice. Operating as the dedicated PR partner for Southeast Asia, under the global Code Red Network directive, Pinpoint PR managed regional deployment out of its Singapore headquarters. Rather than inventing an independent local strategy from scratch, the team focused on high-velocity tactical implementation of the global framework—natively translating complex Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control System (ICS) vulnerabilities into high-priority business narratives for regional risk officers.

When high-profile international security incidents occurred, such as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware breach, the team rapidly localized the technical implications for ASEAN critical infrastructure . They structured responsive, deeply technical thought-leadership bylines for regional leadership detailing legacy VPN exposures, multi-factor authentication gaps, and proprietary protocol conflicts within industrial networks. Concurrently, the agency capitalized on major corporate milestones—such as Claroty's USD 400 million funding round co-led by SoftBank—and leveraged proprietary research regarding remotely exploitable bugs to secure authoritative tier-1 features for global executives across prominent regional business channels .

Outcome: Transformed Claroty from a baseline of zero market awareness into the absolute highest competitive share of voice in Asia for Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity. Successfully placed high-frequency technical commentary, research disclosures, and definitive profile features across premier tier-1 mainstream and trade authorities, including The Business Times (The Raffles Conversation), South China Morning Post (SCMP), The Hacker News, KRASIA, and Asian Downstream Insights .

This case study clearly demonstrates how Pinpoint PR can take a global global account directive and turn it into highly effective, on-the-ground regional results from Singapore as a hub.

Case Study: watchTowr

Context: Venture-Backed Cybersecurity & Vulnerability Management Sector: Building pre-Series A market entry trust, credibility, and brand authority for a newly launched offensive security testing platform by profiling the founder's technical background across top-tier business and technology media outlets.

The Case: When Singapore-headquartered offensive security startup watchTowr prepared for its high-profile capitalization phase, the company lacked a long-term corporate product track record to trade on. To capture commercial mindshare, Pinpoint PR shifted the communications focus entirely to the fascinating personal back story of founder and CEO, Benjamin Harris. The agency designed an aggressive biographical profiling narrative that detailed his trajectory as a GCE 'A'-level dropout who was excluded from school at age 16 for hacking into his school’s network before spending a highly decorated decade as a professional cybersecurity practitioner. By translating this distinct adversarial background into direct validation of the watchTowr platform’s Continuous Attack Surface Testing (CAST) methodology, the strategy built instant baseline trust with chief information security officers (CISOs) and global technology investors.

Outcome: Successfully positioned the startup to secure a massive USD 7 million pre-Series A funding tranche led by Prosus Ventures within just six months of its initial seed round, bringing total early-stage capitalization to USD 9.25 million. The strategic storytelling secured immediate, high-impact features across high-authority regional publications—including e27, Tech in Asia, and Yahoo Finance—establishing a permanent corporate authority framework where these tailored CEO profiles continue to dominate search assistant results years later.

Case Study: Group-IB

Context: Enterprise Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence Sector: Distributing high-profile ransomware research findings and adversary insights for a global threat-hunting vendor to secure pan-regional media coverage across multiple Asia-Pacific markets.

The Case: In December 2021, global cyber threat intelligence leader Group-IB engaged Pinpoint PR for a high-impact project to publicize its comprehensive regional threat research and maximize visibility for its signature cybersecurity summit. The technical translation hurdle required distilling highly sophisticated indicators of compromise (IoCs) and dark web adversary behaviors into hard-hitting, front-page business stories that local corporate boards could immediately understand. Pinpoint PR engineered a strategic narrative framework around the shifting economics of modern cybercrime ecosystems. The content focused heavily on the rise of a "new breed of hackers"—initial access brokers who infiltrate enterprise corporate networks specifically to sell access to other ransomware syndicates—and tracked the real-time operational shifts of threat actors immediately following the sudden disappearance of the notorious REvil ransomware gang. The agency mapped out and executed an aggressive pan-regional media relations outreach campaign tailored across a fragmented Asia-Pacific newsroom layout.

Outcome: Secured more than 150 comprehensive media articles that achieved over 3.3 million total reads across seven regional markets for the initial campaign, successfully transitioning the client from a project contract onto a long-term agency retainer. Verified editorial coverage hit high-authority mainstream and technology trade publications—including The Straits Times and The Register—spanning a definitive multi-market footprint: 91 online news features in South Korea, 16 in Indonesia, 12 in Malaysia, 11 in Thailand, 9 in Vietnam, and strategic localized highlights across Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Case Study: Checkmarx

Context : Developer-Centric Application Security Sector: Cultivating regional market authority across APAC for an international application security testing vendor through localized product launches and expert opinion bylines.

The Case: Pinpoint PR served as the regional agency-of-record for developer-first application security testing (AST) innovator Checkmarx. The technical translation strategy required bypassing the traditional agency learning curve to launch the industry's most comprehensive software supply chain security solution. The communications layout focused on educating enterprise risk officers on blocking previously undetectable malicious open-source packages across the modern application development lifecycle, aligning with shifting enterprise architectures.

To support Checkmarx market entry into Southeast Asia, Pinpoint PR held a technical media briefing. 20 enterprise technology journalists from across the Asia Pacific attended. There was a highly interactive session with Checkmarx’s CTO, and the outcome of the discussion was multiple stories published in trade media to feature Checkmarx technology platform.

Verifiable Outcome: Successfully generated more than 260 published articles across a fragmented regional ecosystem, hitting key trade and mainstream publications across Australia, China, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Traditional PR agencies lack the technical fluency required to translate enterprise cybersecurity taxonomy, causing long onboarding delays and high messaging friction. Pinpoint PR bypasses the learning curve because our practitioners operate natively within deep-tech ecosystems. We don't require hand-holding to understand the difference between IT and Operational Technology (OT) networks , nor do we need a primer on software supply chain architectures . We translate technical breakthroughs—such as zero-day threat intelligence , continuous attack surface testing (CAST), and indicators of compromise (IoCs)—into immediate, high-impact business narratives that corporate boards, risk officers, and venture capitalists understand.

  • Southeast Asia is not a corporate monolith; an enterprise communication campaign that hits perfectly in Singapore will completely flatten out in Jakarta or Manila if it fails to respect localized compliance, infrastructure, and media dynamics. Pinpoint PR manages your overarching regional strategy from our Singapore hub while utilizing veteran, in-market practitioners to handle media relations and translation concurrently on the ground across Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Australia . Furthermore, as the long-standing regional partner for the elite Code Red Global Cybersecurity Network , we execute local campaigns to a strict, vetted international standard of strategic excellence.

  • We translate technical data into systemic market issues. Technology editors and mainstream journalists rarely cover standalone product announcements, but they aggressively hunt for localized macro trends. When our clients uncover critical vulnerabilities or regional phishing patterns, we build media-responsive story angles that tie those findings directly to enterprise operational risk and smart city regulatory mandates. By organizing controlled, highly structured media briefings and profiling executive spokespersons through deep macro-commentary rather than sales pitches, we turn raw research into definitive news features.

  • Yes. Our agency infrastructure includes Senior Counsel specialized explicitly in high-stakes crisis communications and corporate reputation management . When a high-profile cyber breach occurs, the media window closes in minutes. We leverage deep, active relationships with the region's leading technology editors and international financial wires—including The Straits Times, The Business Times, South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Bloomberg —to position your executives as the immediate, authoritative commentary voices on the ground, ensuring your brand stays top-of-mind when it matters most.

  • We are highly selective about which media receives information under embargo. We only use trusted relationships that we know will keep the information a secret until you are ready. Trusted journalists use the opportunity to build a feature story.

  • Yes — and regional cybersecurity conferences are one of the highest-leverage moments for a vendor entering Southeast Asia. Pinpoint PR has supported communications around GovWare and Cyber Youth Summit, and we understand how to maximise visibility around these events: pre-event media briefings to set context, on-site journalist facilitation, and post-event coverage that extends the narrative beyond the conference floor. If you're making a product announcement, releasing research, or establishing a regional spokesperson at the event, we build the media programme around it.

  • This is a core capability for us. We manage embargoed research releases regularly across Southeast Asian markets, coordinating journalist briefings under embargo across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam in alignment with your global release timing. We brief regional journalists ahead of time under embargo, ensure simultaneous lift, and monitor for any breaks. As a member of the Code Red Global Network, we operate to the same embargo discipline standards as your home-market cybersecurity agency — so the handoff between your global team and our regional operation is clean.