How connectivity, adaptability, and sustainability will continue to shape the sector’s future.
Cyber Resilience-the key to sustained business growth
Tamer El Refaey – Chief Cyber Security Strategist, Emerging Markets, Micro Focus What is Cyber Resilience and why is it …
DDoS Protection Major Concern for Middle East Service Providers
A return to pre-pandemic working practices is unlikely to happen. To learn more about the impact on networks and cyber security that COVID-19 has had on service providers, A10 Networks commissioned a survey and the results from the Middle East provide interesting insights. A large proportion of the senior IT professionals that we surveyed were adamant that the workplace won’t snap back to how it was before COVID-19, and that they expect and are preparing for a hybrid approach to working practices. The pandemic significantly raised awareness around the resiliency of the network and the robustness of security, and going forward, subscribers and enterprises expect much stronger security from their communications service providers and will demand more in their SLAs and expand to other types of service providers to get this commitment.
IFS acquires Customerville
Customerville to be integrated into the IFS Cloud proposition helping IFS customers increase engagement with their own customers, improve revenue and profitability, and drive product, service, and outcome innovation.
Help AG Launches Managed Advanced Web Application Firewall Service
Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital and the region’s trusted security advisor, has launched a fully cloud-delivered Managed Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWAF) service that proactively improves the security posture for organisations relying on web-based applications.
Riverbed Launches New Open-Forum Community to Serve NetOps, SecOps and IT Practitioners
Riverbed Community is a new forum to discuss hot IT issues such as visibility, cybersecurity, network and app performance, digital experience management, cloud migration and more among peers, customers and known tech experts.
Dell Technologies executive highlights the need for a ‘culture of innovation’
CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to Walid Yehia, Senior Director Pre-Sales for Infrastructure Solutions Group, MERAT, Dell Technologies, to find out more about their strategy for the diversification of their product portfolio, the challenges facing enterprises adopting cloud technologies– and how businesses need to create a culture of innovation to succeed in today’s digital economy.
Vectra AI Partners with Microsoft on Zero Trust Security Framework
Vectra strengthens Zero Trust with Visibility and analytics to mitigate Threats Emerging from Distributed and Hybrid-Remote Workforces.
Sophos acquires Braintrace to boost adaptive cybersecurity ecosystem
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced that it has acquired Braintrace, enhancing its Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with …
Education at the Edge of Change: Connected without Compromise
As they look ahead to the new term, educational organisations need a powerful, automated, and manageable network infrastructure that can enable always-on, secure, and everywhere connectivity for users and devices. This is essential if we are to continue providing safe, seamless education that inspires future leaders. And while such institutions are always under financial pressure, choosing the right network solution can enable them to do far more with less and retain a competitive edge.
Cybereason Acquires empow to Enhance XDR Offerings
Cybereason has just announced the acquisition of empow, a security analytics company based in Tel Aviv. This acquisition follows on the heels of Cybereason securing $275 million in crossover financing.
Ransomware Reality is Biting, so How do Businesses Bite Back?
It’s up to every organisation across every industry to invest in modern data protection practices to minimise the impact of ransomware attacks. Viewing attacks as an inevitability is the first step towards creating a more cyber-secure culture, with employees who are more educated and aware of ransomware. At the same time, businesses need to have the right safeguards in place to minimise disruption, including anti-virus software and firewalls, plus continuous backup and recovery to offer adequate insurance against the crippling effects of ransomware.
Mimecast launches AI-enabled solution designed to help organisations protect against email threats
Mimecast Limited, a leading email security and cyber resilience company, today announced the Mimecast CyberGraph solution, a new add-on for Mimecast Secure Email Gateway (SEG) that is engineered to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help detect sophisticated phishing and impersonation attacks. CyberGraph creates an identity graph which is built to store information about relationships between all senders and recipients. The graph is designed to detect anomalies and leverages machine learning technology to help organisations stay one step ahead of threat actors by alerting employees to potential cyber threats.
ServiceNow Transforms Hybrid Work with New Solutions to Help Offices Reopen Smoothly
To continue to help companies plan for this next stage of work, ServiceNow has announced new enhancements to its Workplace Service Delivery solution focused on enabling hybrid work and powering flexibility and productivity.
Leading the Market in Innovation and Beyond: A New Way to Evaluate HCI Market Share
The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market has been on a fast journey over the past few years. Starting as a hardware-centric market focused on the simplicity of procuring data-centre hardware and software in one fell swoop, it quickly shifted as software-centric technology vendors and customers alike realised the biggest value一and innovation一was in the software. This is probably not surprising to those closely following the HCI market now but then it was a big change in the IT industry, as it evolved to embrace software-defined offerings.
Cybereason Secures $275 Million in Crossover Financing to Extend Global Leadership in XDR
Cybereason Secures $275 Million in Crossover Financing to Extend Global Leadership in XDR.
Pure Storage’s Evergreen Subscription to Innovation Reaches New Milestone
Pure’s Evergreen Subscription to Innovation Reaches New Milestone, Delivers Over 7,000 Non-Disruptive Controller Upgrades Since 2015.
Financing the Workplace of Tomorrow – Hybrid or Otherwise
A network that can support the hybrid workplace and business agility is becoming an increasingly urgent need. We have now seen that a hybrid workplace model is the answer to the changes in how we communicate, live and work – changes that have only been accelerated by COVID-19. The mission-critical role of IT within this model means that organisations cannot afford the consequences of a poor performing network.
ThreatQuotient Advances Industry Threat Intelligence Sharing With Stronger Data Curation Capabilities
ThreatQuotient, a leading security operations platform innovator, is addressing an industry need for more curated and data-driven threat intelligence with the availability of ThreatQ Data Exchange. Built on the foundation of ThreatQuotient’s flexible data model and support for open intelligence sharing standards, ThreatQ Data Exchange makes it simple to set up bidirectional sharing of any and all intelligence data within the ThreatQ platform and scale sharing across multiple teams and organisations of all sizes.
“92% of CEOs under pressure to deliver digital transformation” – Rimini Street
Accelerating Digital Transformation via the Cloud Requires Careful Planning.