IDC today hosted the 2018 installment of its annual IT Security Summit at Riyadh’s Burj Rafal Hotel, with more than 180 of the Kingdom’s most influential IT security decision makers in attendance. Running under the theme ‘Delivering Pervasive Security for the Digital Era’, the event provided attendees with expert insightsRead More…
Ingram Micro signed a distribution agreement with Forcepoint to distribute the complete Forcepoint offerings across the region,Read More…
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the findings of its global survey, The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, which revealed that IT managers cannot identify 45 percent of their organization’s network traffic.Read More…
Centrify, a leading provider of Zero Trust Security through the power of Next-Gen Access, announced results of a new research study with Dow Jones Customer Intelligence, “CEO Disconnect is Weakening Cybersecurity,” which reveals that a misalignment between CEOs and Technical Officers is weakening enterprise cybersecurity postures.Read More…
With less than two months to become compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the CEO of UAE-based IT infrastructure and information management consultancy and solutions provider Condo Protego, Andrew Calthorpe outlines a 3-step process for GDPR compliance.Read More…
SonicWall has announced its new SecureFirst MSSP (managed security service provider) program that will help partners with new or mature managed security practices, fill their customers’ widening security skills gap. The new program, available to SecureFirst Silver, Gold or Platinum Partners, includes options for monthly billing through SonicWall’s popular Security-as-a-Service pricingRead More…
ESET will be launching its latest suite of enterprise security products and services at RSA 2018. Read More…
Cyber security awareness training provider, usecure has launched its channel partnership in the Middle East in partnership with Clouds Dubai. This partnership offers local support for both local partners and customers in a rapidly growing market for the vendor.Read More…
Preventing an attack is nearly impossible and security experts have repeatedly stressed that getting breached is inevitable. The increasing instances of targeted cyber-attacks, thus call for faster detection and shorter response time, to prevent the breach from becoming catastrophic.Read More…
Paladion, a global cyber defense company, recently discovered vulnerabilities in extensions for the content management system Joomla that could leave users exposed to hackers. As an open source software, Joomla has more than 2 million live usersRead More…
In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s education sector was most affected by malware, followed by government, and telecommunications. Other sectors also affected were healthcare, manufacturing, and oil & gas. Furthermore, of the 1.7 billion known ransomware threats globally in 2017, the Kingdom accounted for 0.55%.Read More…
Ooredoo Group has achieved the Gold partnership status from Cisco, for it’s operations in Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman to enable the digital transformation of small- and medium-sized enterprises.Read More…
