Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity news, data protection updates, cloud security trends, and digital threat intelligence for businesses and organizations in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.

In-Store Surveillance Moving Beyond Security to Drive Retail Analytics
As part of the wider evolution of the region’s blossoming retail sector, Canon Middle East—world leader in imaging solutions—believes that the time is ripe for local businesses to tap the huge potential of Video Management Solutions (VMS) to drive retail analytics; a multi-million dollar industry being opened up by companies adding extra capabilities to their […]

DEWA organises Information Security Workshop for Cyber Risk awareness
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) hosted a group of some of the most important Estonian information security experts, to lead a workshop on information security, and raise awareness in about cyber risks and threats. The workshop was held at DEWA’s Sustainable Building in Al Quoz, and was attended by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, […]

NCR Showcases Innovative Security Solutions to Help Banks in the Middle East Defend its Customers Against Malware Attacks
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today introduced its extensive suite of innovative security solutions to help banks in the Middle East offer trusted and secure banking environment leading to increase customer loyalty and experience. The NCR Secure™ security portfolio comprises NCR Solidcore Suite for APTRA, NCR Skimming Protection Solution (SPS), […]

12% of enterprises in Saudi Arabia suffered a DDoS attack in 2015
Research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that businesses don’t need to have external interfaces such as public websites, customer portals and transactional systems to be hit by a DDoS attack: internal web services, operations and connectivity are just as vulnerable. In 2015, one in six companies worldwide suffered a Distributed Denial of Service […]

Fortinet and Nozomi Networks Secure Industrial Control Systems Through Joint Partnership
– Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, and Nozomi Networks, a leading provider of real-time visibility and advanced monitoring capabilities for industrial networks, are collaborating to provide a new and innovative security solution for Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Nozomi’s SCADAguardian and Fortinet’s Security Fabric deployed together provide ICS customers with […]

Bittium exhibits its secure and easy-to-use Bittium SafeMove remote access solutions at Healthcare ICT conference 2016
Bittium will exhibit its secure and easy-to-use Bittium SafeMove remote access solutions at Healthcare ICT conference 2016, to be held in Lahti exhibition center, Finland May 24-25, 2016. Conference themes will be e.g. the Finnish social welfare and health care reform, new opportunities and structures for ICT cooperation towards next generation patient information systems, management […]

eHosting DataFort Enhances Its Online Self-Service Public Cloud Portal
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region’s leading Managed Hosting and Cloud infrastructure services provider, today announced that they have further enhanced their Public Cloud portal to include advanced features and customizable packages, and improve the overall cloud experience of their customers. eHDF’s unique Public Cloud platform consists of an easy-to-use, fully automated self-service online provisioning portal, […]

Sophos Introduces Enterprise Malware Removal Tool That Cleans Up Exploit Code From RATs, Ransomware and Rootkits
Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today launched Sophos Clean, the latest addition to its Enduser protection portfolio of advanced malware detection, remediation and removal software. The signature-less technology uses progressive behavior analytics, forensics and collective intelligence to discover and remove code from zero-day threats, Trojans, root kits, polymorphic malware, […]

eHosting DataFort Awarded ‘Managed Services Provider of the Year’ at the Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards 2016
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region’s leading Managed Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure services provider, was awarded the prestigious Intelligent Managed Services Provider of the Year at the Intelligent CIO Technology Excellence Awards 2016. The award ceremony took place recently at the Westin Hotel in Al Habtoor City, Dubai and honoured companies and end-user individuals that have […]

Cisco Cyber Security Solutions For Digital Transformation To Be Showcased at Kuwait Info Security Conference & Exhibition
Cisco has announced its participation at Kuwait Info Security Conference & Exhibition to be held at Radisson Blue Hotel, under the patronage of the Central Agency for Information Technology on May 11-12. As the Main Sponsor of the event, Cisco will be showcasing it threat-centric security solution suite which extends across the network, data and […]
