Saudi Arabia’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) announced that it has became the first national security agency in the Middle East region to be awarded for its deep understanding of regional and international cyber security issues by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the internationally recognised cybersecurity certification from safety science organization, Hamid Syed, Vice PresidentRead More…
South Africa based, Intact Software Distribution yesterday announced the launch of World first cyber insurance product, MyCybercare, which is underwritten by Genric in Africa. The insurance cover is now available to Intact partners and customers, including corporate businesses, resellers, retailers, ISP’s, banks, online stores and brokers. Intact is also making MyCybercare available onlineRead More…
According to Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) claimed in its 2016 Internet Crime Report received a total of 298,728 complaints with reported losses in excess of $1.3 billion. The investigative agency further revealed that the agency monitored all the trending scams such as Business Email Compromise (BEC),Read More…
American television network HBO has suffered a “cyber incident”, which apparently resulted in the theft of a Game of Thrones episode and important other data. Commenting on the recent cyber incident, Sebastien Pavie, Enterprise & Cybersecurity Director for META at Gemalto says “Broadcasters face a unique threat. Due to theRead More…
Symantec announced the sale of its website security business including SSL/TLS and related PKI solutions business to DigiCert for USD 950 million. Also the security vendor will pick up 30% stake in DigiCert.Read More…
Fortinet announced the version 3.2 of FortiCloud, a major update to their leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering for SMBs and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). The FortiCloud 3.2 enables full management of FortiGate devicesRead More…
Kaspersky Lab joined hands with Redington to distribute its wide portfolio of corporate security solutions across East Africa. The distributor will focus on expanding the market for Kaspersky’s remote security monitoring, managed security, virtualisation security to mobile device security and management solutions in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia.Read More…
According to the findings of the fourth-annual Data Security Confidence Index by Gemalto found out that 84% of Middle East businesses feel perimeter security is keeping them safe, with most believing that it is quite effective at keeping unauthorised users out of their network. However, 66% are not extremely confident theirRead More…
