Trend Micro, the leading cyber security vendor now with the launch of the Trend Micro Saudi Academy for Cybersecurity exclusively targeting Saudi nationals aims to address the shortage of local expertise needed to keep KSA’s digital space secure.Read More…
The Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones announced the opening of registration for “Hajj Hackathon”, an event that promises to attract leading programmers from around the world to innovatively leverage technology to enrich and enhance the Hajj experience for pilgrims.Read More…
Following an overwhelmingly positive reception to its training events in Riyadh and Khobar last year, The global leaders in cyber security training, SANS Institute after experiencing overwhelmingly positive reception to its training events in Saudi Arabia earlier has decided to return back with a six-day training event, ‘SANS Riyadh July 2018’Read More…
ESET, the leading IT security solutions provider joined hands with Saudi Arabia based distributor, Al Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co to promote and distribute ESET’s Endpoint Protection; Data Protection and Technology Alliances to meet the growing customer demand among businesses in Saudi Arabia. The addition of ESET solutions toRead More…
In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s education sector was most affected by malware, followed by government, and telecommunications. Other sectors also affected were healthcare, manufacturing, and oil & gas. Furthermore, of the 1.7 billion known ransomware threats globally in 2017, the Kingdom accounted for 0.55%.Read More…
Fortinet accelerated the pace and announced the winners of its 2017 Partner of the Year Awards at recently concluded Fortinet global partner and user conference, Accelerate 18 that was held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Accelerate 18 saw more than 2,000 attendees representing over 1,700 different partners and customerRead More…
A recent study commissioned by F5 Networks, and conducted by research agency Think Positive, revealed that the biggest cloud concern for GCC businesses is data security (78% of all respondents). Saudi Arabia is particularly wary (92%), closely tailed by Bahrain (83%), the UAE (80%) and Qatar (70%). Other major concernsRead More…
Energy is overtaking banking and finance as a target for cyber-criminals in the Middle East, yet companies in the sector are leaving themselves significantly more open to a successful attack, leading international experts have told the Security in Energy conference in Abu Dhabi.Read More…
