Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice President, Africa & Middle East at Sage discusses the European Union’s new data privacy regime, GDPR will have massive implications on African organisations A new data privacy and protection framework called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect across the European Union onRead More…

Tarek Jundi, Managing Director, Middle East & Turkey, McAfee explains how GDPR is not just about data compliance but about the robustness of data protection and cybersecurity. With just a couple of months to go, reports and surveys frequently indicate that CIOs and business owners are concerned about and unpreparedRead More…

At a time when data thefts and breaches have become commonplace and are often publicly declared years after they occur, it comes as a relief that some power has been restored to the consumer when it comes to over-sensitive personal information.Read More…

With less than four months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018, data privacy and protection is top of mind for business leaders in the GCC. According to the third biennial EY Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey, 60% of KSA andRead More…

It is almost here. May 25, 2018 – this is the impending date when the European Union will start enforcing its General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR standardized across all 28 EU countries. This data protection law imposes strict new rules on controlling and processing personal dataRead More…

Mimecast today announced its commitment to helping customers comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with the appointment of Marc French as the company’s Chief Trust Officer and Data Protection Officer (DPO), driving the company’s efforts to support GDPR. Today, Mimecast provides additional GDPR-related assurances in its contracts withRead More…

ManageEngine, announced that its security information and event management (SIEM) solution, Log360, is now equipped with a prebuilt report and strengthened correlation engine to simplify enterprises’ efforts to meet General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements. With its new correlation rules and GDPR-specific report, Log360 helps enterprises improve their ability toRead More…

LogRhythm announced the release of its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Module, a fully-integrated security solution for achieving and validating GDPR compliance. For companies that collect and process personal data of European Union citizens, the LogRhythm GDPR Compliance Module offers a robust, pre-built suite of rules, alerts, and reportsRead More…