By Amr Alashaal, Regional Vice President – Middle East at A10 Networks There is an increasing incidence of cyberthreats posed to telecommunications providers. There is a definite need for telcos to strengthen their overall security posture and improve resilience against service-impacting attacks, such as DDoS attacks. The good news isRead More…

ValueMentor has announced the appointment of Paul Mathew to the newly created position of CEO-Middle East.  The cyber security consulting & services company has announced the establishment of a new executive/CXO position within the organisation, the CEO-Middle East (Chief Executive Officer – Middle East). This strategic move reflects ValueMentor’s commitmentRead More…

Vectra AI has announced the release of its annual threat predictions for cybersecurity stakeholders in the United Arab Emirates. Company experts Oliver Tavakoli, CTO, and Christian Borst, CTO EMEA, coauthored the predictions, which examine changes in the threat landscape, expansion in the attack surface, and the changing behaviors of digitalRead More…

Sophos has released a report, titled “CryptoGuard: An Asymmetric Approach to the Ransomware Battle,” which found that some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal, Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their attacks. In remote encryption attacks, also known as remote ransomware, adversaries leverage a compromisedRead More…

By Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO EMEA and Lead Cybersecurity Technologist at Veeam Ransomware first rose to dominance as cybercriminals’ main weapon of choice way back in 2020. Since then, it has been top of the global security agenda, plaguing businesses, public services and individuals alike. Organisations have had to quicklyRead More…

LogRhythm has announced its 7th consecutive quarterly release. This announcement comes on the heels of over 200 new features released throughout 2023 across the company’s self-hosted and cloud-native SaaS SIEM platforms, LogRhythm SIEM and LogRhythm Axon. The continued momentum of releases cement LogRhythm’s commitment to driving innovation and addressing theRead More…