Combat or Combating Phishing Attacks

[abaker70]

Hello, I'm having a debate with a colleague about this phrase. He very much values your expertise so I wanted to get your opinion about this phrase.

Helping organizations combat cyber security attacks or
Helping organizations combating cyber security attacks

I feel that the first version is best. What are your thoughts?

[emsr2d2]

Hello, I'm having a debate with a colleague about this phrase. He very much values your expertise so I wanted to get your opinion about this phrase.

Helping organizations combat cyber security attacks or
Helping organizations combating cyber security attacks

I feel that the first version is best. What are your thoughts?

They're both grammatically possible and I read slightly different meanings, specifically with relation to which "organisation" it means.

Helping organisations combat ... = Helping them (perhaps private companies) to combat attacks (when the need arises)
Helping organisations combating ... = Helping those organisations whose job/task is to combat attacks