His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, today launched the ‘Dubai Cyber Security Strategy’ that aims to strengthen Dubai’s positionRead More…
ConsenSys, the blockchain specialist firm launched ConsenSys Academy by announcing the biggest blockchain challenge that will be open to both professionals and student developers worldwide, The ConsenSys Academy’s 2017 Challenge will help prepare blockchain developers for one of the fastest growing fields in technology, and provide them the opportunity toRead More…
TÜV Rheinland entered the GRC consulting market by acquiring 2MC, a GRC services company, which will enable TÜV to expand into GRC practice across UK, Middle East, and Africa. TÜV Rheinland customers will now benefit from 2MC’s expertise in cyber risk management, threat management, vulnerability management, incident management, business continuity management,Read More…
Research firm, Juniper Research issued a latest report that predicts the criminal data breaches will cost businesses a total of $8 trillion over the next 5 years, due to higher levels of Internet connectivity and inadequate enterprise wide security. The Future of Cybercrime & Security: Enterprise Threats & Mitigation 2017-2022 report forecastsRead More…
According to the latest Fraud and Risk report issued by Kroll, “the fraud, cyber, and security incidents are on the rise and is the “new normal” for companies in the Gulf region. The proportion of executives that reported their companies fell victim to fraud in the past year rose significantlyRead More…
ManageEngine, announced to have joined WatchGuard as the Gold Technology Alliance Partner. Both the companies will work together by combining WatchGuard firewall appliances with ManageEngine’s firewall reporting tool, Firewall Analyzer to offer SMBs and distributed enterprises a medium to effectively report, manage, and mitigate their exposure to security risks. ‘WatchGuard Technologies isRead More…
A latest study conducted by Cisco revealed unfortunate truth that most of the IoT projects have failed. The study suggested that nearly 60 percent of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage and only 26 percent of companies have had an IoT initiative that they considered a complete success.Read More…
Security MEA speaks to Amit Roy, executive vice president and regional head for EMEA at Paladion about the latest Wanna cry ransomware attack and its far reaching impact Do you have any intelligence whether Middle East been effected by Wanna cry attack? The full extent of the Wanna cry ransomwareRead More…
