Aramco, Siemens Energy and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have launched a co-lead report on Cyber Resilience in the oil and gas industry. The report, “Cyber Resilience in the Oil and Gas Industry Playbook”, establishes a blueprint for boards and business leaders to evaluate cyber risk and enhance cyber resilienceRead More…
Crossword Cybersecurity, the technology commercialisation company focused on cyber security and risk management, intents to establish a subsidiary in the Sultanate of Oman as its Middle Eastern Regional HQ. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Al-Rawahy Holdings LLC of the Sultanate of Oman, which will see the formationRead More…
In line with its strategic approach to embed digitalization across its operations, Bank Nizwa has formed an IT & Cybersecurity Committee, a first-of-its-kind initiative in Oman’s banking industry. The formation of the new committee comes as part of the bank’s vision to become the “Digital Bank of Choice” for people ofRead More…
The Arab Association for Cyber Security was launched by Qatar University (QU) to foster collaborative Arab collaboration to debate future issues in cybersecurity and to propose cooperative methods to build research and programs in this field.Read More…
AmiViz has entered into an strategic alliance with Siemplify to promote its solutions in the Middle East region. The Siemplify SOAR platform combines security orchestration, automation, and response with end-to-end security operations management to make analysts more productive, security engineers more effective, and managers more informed about the SOC.Read More…
Zain KSA has launched its “Internet Monsters” campaign across various digital platforms and social media sites. This comes at a crucial time when the activity of this younger age group is on the rise, reaching an average of 30% of all internet users.Read More…
Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Dubai Police’s Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, chaired a meeting with the Anti-Economic Crimes Department and the Electronic Investigation Department to assess the readiness of security teams participating in the Dubai Expo 2020.Read More…
Check Point Research (CPR) identified four security vulnerabilities affecting products in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and Office online. If exploited, the vulnerabilities would grant an attacker the ability to execute code on targets via malicious Office documents, such as Word (.DOCX), Excel (.EXE) and Outlook (.EML).Read More…
