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Security Advisor Middle East
GDPR: TWO YEARS ON
THE ENACTMENT OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) IN MAY 2018 HAS PUSHED MANY ORGANISATIONS TO RE-THINK THE WAY THEY MANAGE, UTILISE AND PROTECT DATA. WITH ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY FAST APPROACHING, HOW HAS THE REGULATION IMPACTED THE DIGITAL PRIVACY LANDSCAPE AND HOW ARE ENTERPRISES COPING? DANIEL BARDSLEY INVESTIGATES.
6 min |
May 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
DEFENDING DATA
DATA, SIMPLY PUT, IS BECOMING THE MOST VALUABLE, YET MOST VULNERABLE ASSET FOR ANY ORGANISATION. SAM EMMANUEL, BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER, GULF IT, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY STRATEGIES.
4 min |
May 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
6 CRITICAL ATTACK VECTORS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN YOUR DATA CENTRE
FOR MANY BUSINESSES, THE DATA CENTRE IS SEEN AS A STRATEGIC ASSET IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT BUSINESS ACCELERATION REQUIREMENTS. MATT WALMSLEY, EMEA DIRECTOR, VECTRA, GIVES US A LOWDOWN OF THE MOST CRITICAL ATTACK VECTORS THAT THREAT ACTORS ARE USING AGAINST DATA CENTRES.
4 min |
May 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
3 FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN SECURING YOUR REMOTE WORKFORCE
TONI ELINATI, RVP SALES, META & CEE, BARRACUDA NETWORKS, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THEIR REMOTE WORKFORCE AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
4 min |
May 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
SECURITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
AS THE WORLD BECOMES MORE MOBILE, SMARTPHONES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY VITAL NOT ONLY IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE BUT ALSO IN THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. AS SUCH, THEY BECOME REPOSITORIES FOR VALUABLE DATA THAT CAN BE TARGETED BY HACKERS AND MALWARE. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT DANIEL BARDSLEY SPEAKS TO INDUSTRY EXPERTS ON HOW TO KEEP MOBILE SECURITY THREATS AT BAY.
5 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
HOW TO ENSURE SECURITY WHILE WORKING REMOTELY
MARCUS WHITTINGTON, CO-FOUNDER AND COO, SENTRYBAY AND ABHIJIT MAHADIK, DIRECTOR – CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS, RAQMIYAT, DISCUSS THE RISKS OF ENABLING REMOTE ACCESS FROM UNMANAGED DEVICES AND HOW SENTRYBAY’S SOLUTIONS CAN HELP ENTERPRISES STAY SECURE.
3 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
THE NEW NORMAL
THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC HAS FORCED BUSINESSES TO UNDERGO SEISMIC CHANGES IN THE WAY THEY OPERATE. AS FLEXIBLE POLICIES BECOME STANDARD AND REMOTE WORK BECOMES A NORM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHALLENGE IS TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT – CYBERSECURITY.
10+ min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
FUELLING SECURITY
AS THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR AND ITS SUPPLY CHAIN CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT DIGITALLY CONNECTED INFRASTRUCTURES, THEY FACE INCREASED CYBERSECURITY RISKS FROM BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ACTORS. INDUSTRY EXPERTS DISCUSS THE CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGES THAT OIL AND GAS PROFESSIONALS SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
5 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
WHAT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CAN TEACH US ABOUT CYBERSECURITY
BRIAN PINNOCK, CYBER RESILIENCE EXPERT, MIMECAST, DISCUSSES THE UNCANNY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE HUMAN RESPONSES TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AND CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS.
4 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
BUILDING A SECURE DIGITAL FUTURE
FREDY ISSA, SENIOR MANAGER – SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS – MERAT, DELL TECHNOLOGIES, DELVES INTO THE NEED FOR MODERN IT INFRASTRUCTURES IN ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF SMART AND SAFE CITIES, AND DISCUSSES THE COMPANY’S ROLE IN ACCELERATING THE UAE’S DIGITAL FUTURE.
4 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
CYBERSECURITY TRENDS FOR 2020
AMIR KANAAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST, TURKEY & AFRICA, KASPERSKY, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO THE LATEST TRENDS THAT WILL IMPACT THE EVER-EVOLVING CYBERSECURITY SPACE.
4 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
CONNECTED CARS, CLOUD AND CYBERSECURITY
AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) SHARES INSIGHTS INTO WHY CLOUD IS VITAL IN ENABLING THE SECURE AND SEAMLESS DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUS CARS.
3 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
ADVANCE GUARD
AS PRIVATE CYBERSECURITY ORGANISATIONS’ ROLES IN POLICING THE CYBER SPACE GROW, IS THERE A NEED FOR INCREASED REGULATORY CONTROL FOR THIS SECTOR? DANIEL BARDSLEY INVESTIGATES.
5 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
ACCELERATING SECURITY
GOVIND HARIDAS, BUSINESS HEAD – CYBERSECURITY, HIPERDIST, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO THE LATEST CHALLENGES IMPACTING ENTERPRISES AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE SECURITY INDUSTRY.
2 min |
April 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
WINNING IN THE CYBER BATTLEGROUND
INCREASED DIGITISATION HAS TRANSFORMED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS. WITH THREAT ACTORS USING INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES, SECURITY CORRESPONDENT DANIEL BARDSLEY SPEAKS TO INDUSTRY EXPERTS ON WHY GULF STATES NEED TO BOOST THEIR COLLABORATION WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISES TO WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CYBERCRIMINALS.
5 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
WHY ORGANISATIONS CAN NO LONGER IGNORE ZERO TRUST
WEAK PASSWORDS ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF BREACHES AND BY ADOPTING A ZERO TRUST APPROACH WITH LEAST PRIVILEGED ACCESS, ORGANISATIONS CAN INCREASE THEIR COMPLIANCE LEVELS, EXPLAINS KAMEL HEUS, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, NORTHERN, SOUTHERN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA FROM CENTRIFY.
3 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
THE SCALING POWER OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS
CLOUD COMPUTING OFFERS A MULTITUDE OF BENEFITS FOR MODERN ENTERPRISES INCLUDING FLEXIBILITY, EFFICIENCY AND EVEN SECURITY. WITH CLOUD ADOPTION GAINING SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM IN THE REGION, FERAS AL JABI, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANCY (ATC) AND ITQAN GLOBAL FOR CLOUD AND DIGITAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS (DIGITAL OKTA), DISCUSSES WHY THE TWO COMPANIES ARE THE RIGHT PARTNERS OF CHOICE FOR A SUCCESSFUL, SEAMLESS AND SECURE TRANSFORMATION TO THE CLOUD.
5 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
ROUGH SEAS
WHETHER YOU’RE ON LAND OR SEA, CYBERCRIMINALS WILL FIND A WAY TO EXPLOIT YOUR VULNERABILITIES AND FIND A WAY TO WREAK HAVOC IN YOUR IT SYSTEMS. LIKE ANY INDUSTRY, THE MARITIME SECTOR IS NOT IMMUNE TO CYBER RISKS AND THREATS AND INCREASED DIGITISATION IN THE FIELD PRESENT GROWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CYBERCRIMINALS TO PURSUE.
5 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
RING INDOOR CAMERA
RING’S FIRST INDOOR-ONLY SECURITY CAMERA EXCELS FOR EASE OF INSTALLATION AND SHARP 1080P VIDEO, MAKING IT THE PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY SECURITY SYSTEM, WRITES DEPUTY EDITOR GIORGIA GUANTARIO.
2 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
HACKING THE SKILLS GAP
ONE OF THE MOST OVERWHELMING PROBLEMS IN CYBERSECURITY IS A BALLOONING SKILLS SHORTAGE. WITH THE SHORTFALL OF CYBERSECURITY TALENT EXPECTED TO REACH AS HIGH AS 3.5 MILLION UNFILLED ROLES BY 2021, SHOULD ORGANISATIONS LOOK INTO RECRUITING HACKERS TO ADDRESS THE SKILLS GAP CRISIS? DANIEL BARDSLEY INVESTIGATES.
5 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
DON'T LET DATABERG SINK YOUR BUSINESS
JOHNNY KARAM, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, EMERGING REGION, VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES, DISCUSSES WHY GETTING RID OF ROT CAN HELP GROW YOUR BUSINESS.
4 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
CONNECTING THE FUTURE
THE 2020 BICSI EMEA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE LATEST TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE ICT SPACE. JOHN H. DANIELS, CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BICSI, GIVES US A LOWDOWN ON WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE SHOW.
2 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
CISO50 AWARDS AND FORUM
TAHAWULTECH.COM AND SECURITY ADVISOR ME WILL ONCE AGAIN HONOUR REGIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY LEADERS WHO HAVE FOSTERED INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP IN THEIR ENTERPRISES DURING THE THIRD EDITION OF THE THIRD CISO 50 AWARDS AND FORUM.
1 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
ALL EYES ON THE FUTURE
HAKAN OZYIGIT, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, SECURITY SYSTEMS AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, ROBERT BOSCH MIDDLE EAST, DISCUSSES THE EVOLUTION OF THE SMART VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND HOW THE COMPANY CAN PLAY THE ROLE IN THE SECURITY SEGMENT’S FUTURE.
4 min |
March 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
WHAT'S IN STORE?: CYBERSECURITY IN 2020
AS WE ENTER A NEW DECADE, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE? SECURITY ADVISOR ME SPOKE TO TOP INDUSTRY EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK AWAIT SECURITY LEADERS IN THE NEW YEAR.
9 min |
January 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
TAREK KUZBARI, REGIONAL DIRECTOR – MIDDLE EAST, BITDEFENDER, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN OUTWIT CYBERCRIMINALS WITH SUPERIOR THREAT INTELLIGENCE.
4 min |
January 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
TURN THE TAP ON
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING HAVE CHANGED THE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE, BRINGING AN ENHANCED FOCUS ON NETWORK SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. A NETWORK TAP CAN BE A KEY IMPLEMENTATION TO OPTIMISE UPTIME AND PROTECT AGAINST BREACHES. TONY ROBINSON RCDD CDCDP CNIDP, GLOBAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, EXPLAINS HOW.
3 min |
January 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
THREE WAYS CISOs CAN REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THEIR ENTERPRISES
YASSER ZEINELDIN, CEO, EHOSTING DATAFORT, EXPLAINS WHY THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SOCs, RISK ASSESSMENT PRACTICES, AND VENDOR DRIVEN SERVICES ARE LIKELY TO BOOST THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CISO ROLE.
2 min |
January 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
THE END OF THE LINE
WINDOWS 7 HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OPERATING SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY MICROSOFT. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE OPERATING SYSTEM GOING ‘END OF LIFE’ THIS MONTH, MANY ORGANISATIONS STILL HAVEN’T UPDATED THEIR PCs MAKING THEIR SYSTEMS VULNERABLE TO SECURITY BREACHES.
5 min |
January 2020
Security Advisor Middle East
THE BIG PICTURE
IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SONICWALL’S VICE PRESIDENT FOR EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (EMEA) SALES – TERRY GREER-KING, SAT DOWN WITH SECURITY ADVISOR ME TO DISCUSS THE FIRM’S STRATEGIC MARKET FOCUS SHIFT FROM SMB TO ENTERPRISE AND SHARED INSIGHTS INTO THE FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY IN A CONNECTED ERA.
4 min |