Breakwater Solutions, a leader in information governance and data risk management, announced that it has appointed Dale Waterman as managing director in the company’s consulting organization. Based in Dubai, Mr. Waterman is responsible for leading the company’s market development strategy and execution in the Middle East and Africa region withRead More…
While the number of attacks from online resources (known as web threats) blocked by Kaspersky in Kenya and Nigeria combined for the second quarter of 2021 decreased to 14.9 million from the 16.4 million blocked in the first quarter of the year, the number of unique malicious URLs detected andRead More…
Africa is on the radar of the world’s cyber criminals, and with social engineering and phishing among the most common attack vectors, public awareness and training will have to be stepped up to prevent organisations and individuals across the continent from suffering significant losses.Read More…
Ray Kafity, Vice President – Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Attivo Networks, elaborates on the importance of keeping its Active Directory in its best shape. Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD), which debuted in the late 1990s, has become the industry standard in directory services.Read More…
YesWeHack, Europe’s leading Bug Bounty and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform, announced the appointment of Regional Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, Rabih Achkar, to spearhead the company’s expansion in the region. Rabih Achkar will be instrumental in supporting and advising organisations of all sizes and sectors onRead More…
Given the rising number of cyber risks and attacks in the region, GITEX 2021 is focusing heavily on cybersecurity this year with the Middle East & Africa’s leading cybersecurity VAD Spire Solutions as one of the main partners from the cybersecurity space. Spire has been the Official Distribution Partner ofRead More…
Regions such as the Middle East & Africa and India are witnessing an enormous growth in data. The growth comes from various factors, including digital-driven remote working due to the current pandemic, a shift to zero trust security, and wider acceptance of smart technologies, cloud, and microservices architectures.Read More…
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, will be hosting KB4-CON EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), an extension of the highly successful KB4-CON U.S. event, which attracted over 10,000 registrants. The completely virtual, highly engaging, cybersecurity-focused event is designed for any CISO,Read More…
