Cohesity, a leader in data security and management, has announced that it is partnering with the 'who’s who' of cybersecurity to give customers more ways to win the war against cyberattacks. The Data Security Alliance combines best-in-class solutions from industry-leading cybersecurity and services companies with exceptional...
Brytlyt has partnered with Gulf Software Distribution, a value-add distributor based in Dubai. This collaboration gives Brytlyt access to a large new customer base in the Gulf region and represents exciting new opportunities for business growth. Gulf Software Distribution is an award-winning distributor focused on IBM's software...
Qualys, Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, has announced it has acquired the assets of Blue Hexagon. This brings AI/machine learning (AI/ML) to the Qualys Cloud Platform to help convert petabytes of highly integrated data into meaningful...
Data security is a subject that ultimately relies on solid processes, management and being able to react and protect against potential risks and threats. Cyber threats are becoming ever more sophisticated, and for high profile companies or ones with high net worth they can become...
Allurity, with bases in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, has acquired Spanish multinational Aiuken Cybersecurity as an important step in its journey to becoming Europe's leading cybersecurity provider. Aiuken brings an entire SOC platform spanning three continents, as well as its Cloud Security and SOC-as-a-Service...
Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, has announced the appointment of Sanjay Poonen as CEO and President. He will also join the Cohesity Board of Directors. Poonen was formerly Chief Operating Officer (COO) of VMware and President of SAP. Mohit Aron, who has been CEO...
Cybersecurity specialists Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of e& enterprise, which was formerly known as Etisalat Digital, have joined up with Cribl; a leader in observability ecosystems and unified data pipelines. The partnership will enable customers of Help AG in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi...
Group-IB, one of the global cybersecurity leaders, carried out a deep dive into exposed digital assets discovered in 2021 and identified more than 300,000 exposed databases. The findings showed that in the second half of 2021, the number of public-facing databases increased by 16% to 165,600...
March 31st marks World Backup Day, as recent experts suggest that 80% of organisations have not backed up their data. Oliver Cronk, Chief Architect for EMEA at Tanium, said: "World Backup Day is an initiative that should be taken seriously because I see many cases where backups...
At the end of 2021, Group-IB uncovered a worldwide scam campaign that is targeting users in over 90 countries - including the UAE, Oman and Qatar. Deploying the tried and tested techniques of fake surveys and giveaways purporting to be from big name companies, the fraudsters...
With higher penetration of Cloud based software solutions the new partnership between Taeknizon, a fast growing Private Cloud provider in the Middle East & Asia, and US based WallPost, a cloud based ERP solution provider is timely. Especially designed for SMEs, Taeknizon will serve as...
Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa FZE (PMMAF) is meeting the increasing surveillance demands from the regional government and private organisations with the release of a new range of AI-enabled i-PRO S-Series indoor and outdoor security cameras. i-PRO S-Series is specifically designed to support safe...
According to IDC's annual Saudi Arabia CIO Survey 2020, 25% of enterprises in Saudi Arabia plan to deploy on-premises, dedicated private clouds, multiple public clouds and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs. However, security concerns form one of the three main obstacles towards cloud...
Leading email defence company Vade Secure has partnered with Global Security Network (GSN), a UAE-based company that has spent more than 20 years delivering security solutions in the Middle East. GSN’s customers in the region will now be able to use the Vade Secure predictive...
A global industry study by Tenable reveals the vast majority of Saudi Arabian organisations (95%) have experienced a business-impacting cyberattack in the past 12 months, according to both business and security executives. The data is drawn from ‘The Rise of the Business-Aligned Security Executive,’ a commissioned...
Cybersecurity is the top risk to an organisation’s growth, according to chief executives in Saudi Arabia, as opposed to 2018 when it was ranked the sixth among greatest threats, according to the latest Saudi Arabia CEO Outlook report by KPMG. The report found that 20% of...