Fortinet accelerated the pace and announced the winners of its 2017 Partner of the Year Awards at recently concluded Fortinet global partner and user conference, Accelerate 18 that was held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Accelerate 18 saw more than 2,000 attendees representing over 1,700 different partners and customerRead More…

DarkMatter launched its flagship smartphone KATIM at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The company claims it to be the most secure communication device in the world that is powered by KATIM Secure Communications Application Suite, which allows end-to-end encrypted communication through secure web access. “Mobile communications is critical for everyRead More…

Sophos announced the launch of Sophos Mobile 8, the latest version of its Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and mobile security solution that allows system administrators to manage and secure corporate-owned and personal Mac, Windows, and mobile endpoints in the cloud-based Sophos Central management platform to deliver a simpler management strategy forRead More…

Two in three large enterprises in the Arab Gulf region intend devoting at least 5% of annual revenue to digitisation of operations, according to a Microsoft research conducted on the current state of digital transformation and corresponding readiness amongst organisations. The findings reveal that organisations across the region were moreRead More…

Splunk is all set to Phantom Cyber Corporation for approximately $350 million. Phantom is a leader in Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) marketplace and once the acquisition is complete the founder and CEO for Phantom, Oliver Friedrichs will report to the senior vice president and general manager of security marketsRead More…

Fortinet announced the release of FortiOS 6.0 that provides the critical capabilities required to secure the digital attack surface spurred by digital transformation. Some key new features and capabilities across the Security Fabric solution areas include Network Security, Multi-Cloud Security, IoT Endpoint Security, Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Email & Web Applications, Security Management & AnalyticsRead More…

Microsoft kicked off its inaugural Hackfest, a four-day event – and the first of its kind in the Gulf region – where customers from both, public and private sector were invited to work with Microsoft’s engineers and data scientists to solve real-world problems using AI tools. Taking place at theRead More…

PhishMe has been acquired by a private equity consortium valued the company at $400 Million and also has been rebranded with a new name, Cofense. The company will continue to deliver leading solutions in phishing defense by offering solutions that sit at the intersection of human intelligence and technology. “This acquisitionRead More…