Mimecast has appointed Jeff Ogden as general manager for the Middle East. In his new role, Jeff will oversee the company’s UAE operations and growth in the region, and will be responsible for educating organisations about evolving cyberattacks and how to build a cyber resilience strategy for email.Read More…
Value-added distributor, Bulwark recently hosted a customer event for IT decision makers in the UAE. This was held in conjunction with email and data security company, Mimecast, and reseller Virus Rescuers. The event was designed to provide insight into how Mimecast services help better protect Microsoft Office 365 users fromRead More…
South Africa-based managed ICT services provider, AppCentrix, has expanded into the Middle East and signed a distribution agreement with ExtraHop, a provider of real-time IT analytics for network performance management and security. The company intends to capitalize on the region’s growing need for robust and competitively priced cyber securityRead More…
(WAM) The number of cyber-attacks against websites in the UAE during the first four months of the current year reached 155, compared to 297 attacks during the same period of 2017, a decline of 48 percent.Read More…
According to a study by Trend Micro, Middle East and North Africa accounts for 4.75% and 1.75% respectively of global ransomware threats in the Q1 of 2018. Recognizing the growth and impact of ransomware,Read More…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new variant of the SynAck ransomware Trojan using the Doppelgänging technique to bypass anti-virus security by hiding in legitimate processes. This is the first time the Doppelgänging techniqueRead More…
Qualcomm has announced that the industry’s newest Wi-Fi security protections will, moving forward, be applied across the company’s portfolio of mobile and networking infrastructure products. Qualcomm Technologies will support the Wi-Fi Alliance’s third generation security suite, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3)Read More…
Qualys, a cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider, has announced new functionality in its web application security offerings that helps teams automate and operationalize global DevSecOps throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).Read More…
