Irene Corpuz, section head, Planning and IT Security, Western Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, discusses why regional CISOs should focus on communicating IT security risks in a language that business leaders understand.
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Security Advisor ME recognises excellence in IT security
The second annual Security Advisor Middle East Awards saw prominent players in the information security industry, including private and public sector CISOs and CSOs, gather in the UAE to celebrate achievements from the regional IT security space.1 15042
Why blockchain makes sense for the Middle East
Arun Khehar, senior vice president of applications, Oracle ECEMEA, gives his take on why blockchain has the potential to revolutionise various industries and provide enhanced transparency to finance.
Top technologies for security in 2017
Gartner has highlighted the top technologies for information security and their implications for security organisations in 2017. “In 2017, the …
Decoding blockchain: How the distributed ledger tech can transform security
Will this promising distributed ledger technology transform cybersecurity?
Global spending on IT security products to hit $86.4bn in 2017
Gartner forecasts fast growth in the security testing market, with spending expected to grow to $93 billion in 2018, due to continued data breaches and growing demands for application security testing as part of DevOps.
Kaspersky Lab report sheds light on bad data sharing habits
Users are putting their precious and sensitive data in danger, by the way they share both their information, and their physical devices containing this information with others.
Mimecast demos cyber resilience techniques at GISEC 2017
Mimecast has announced its participation at the 4th Gulf Information Security and Conference (GISEC), which is being held from May 21st to May 23rd, 2017 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Under siege
CNME’s Enterprise Security 360 Roadshow, which covers Riyadh, Doha and Dubai, returned for its 2015 edition. We bring you the highlights of the security conference.
Ease of endpoints
As the oldest and of the most trusted banks in Saudi Arabia, there’s a lot riding on National Commercial Bank’s …
HID Global shares secure identity trends for 2014
The predictions encompass a diverse range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in physical and logical access control, secure issuance, identity assurance, visitor management, electronic ID (eID) and secure asset tracking.