Al Rostamani Communications and McAfee host security seminar

McAfee and Al Rostamani Communications last week hosted a seminar on data loss prevention (DLP), security incident and event management (SIEM) and database security solutions at the JW Marriott Marquis hotel in Dubai.

The seminar was targeted at financial institutions, government sectors and business enterprises. It features presentations by McAfee and Al Rostamani experts, as well as DLP and SIEM solution demonstrations.

Business challenges today require a move from simply securing components to understanding and measuring the security of a business as a whole, the experts said. They added that threats should be responded to within minutes, rather than days.

McAfee’s representatives pointed to the McAfee Security Connected framework as a new approach to security and risk management. They said it provides a strategic approach, using centralised management and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, to synchronise security, mitigate risk, and enable a comprehensive, proactive threat response.

The experts explained why the McAfee SIEM solution is built for “Big Security Data”. The ability to collect, store and perform complex processing on billions of events provides an extensible platform to address the evolving needs of security information and event management, the presenters said.

“Al Rostamani Communications are working with McAfee for about a decade now, and together we are able to offer our best-of-breed security solutions with their extensive skills and local experience,” said Jenice Bhatia, Channel Manager, McAfee.

“For businesses, it’s important to have accurate situational awareness which leads to meaningful intelligence and prepares them to respond rapidly in case of unforeseen events. They can achieve continuous compliance monitoring at exceptional value.”

Mohammed Zameer, General Manager, Al Rostamani Communications, referred to McAfee as “the best in the industry”, which helps the SI to provide “uncompromising solutions in ensuring the data integrity and security.”

“Being in the industry providing mission-critical infrastructure for prestigious clients in various sectors, we understand the importance of data and its security,” he said.