Guardsquare has opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Singapore, giving the mobile application security company a physical base in a region where revenue has been growing by 50% year on year.

The office, at Suntec Tower 2, will house sales, technical support and solutions engineering teams. It will support customers in financial services, healthcare, retail, government and other sectors across Asia-Pacific.

Guardsquare already serves more than 200 organisations across Asia. The Singapore operation will act as its regional centre for customer support and technical work related to mobile application and API security.

The expansion comes as digital services continue to spread across Southeast Asia, particularly in payments and mobile commerce. Rising use of mobile banking, digital wallets and multi-service apps is increasing demand from companies seeking to protect applications against tampering, reverse engineering and fraud.

The Singapore office is Guardsquare's first physical presence in Asia-Pacific and its seventh office worldwide. The company is also hiring locally for sales, marketing and engineering roles.

Representatives from Singapore's Economic Development Board, the Belgian Embassy and Flanders Investment & Trade attended the opening. Regional partners, customers and local business figures were also present.

Roel Caers, Chief Executive Officer of Guardsquare, linked the move to the region's position in the mobile economy.

"The Asia Pacific region is operating at the frontier of the global mobile economy, with organizations building increasingly sophisticated, high-value applications that their users rely on every day," said Roel Caers, Chief Executive Officer of Guardsquare.

"As the market leader in mobile application security, our presence in Singapore ensures regional developers have direct access to the most comprehensive security available, so they can build, release, and defend their mobile apps with confidence," he said.

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