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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME

TAREK KUZBARI, REGIONAL DIRECTOR – MIDDLE EAST, BITDEFENDER, SHARES INSIGHTS INTO HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN OUTWIT CYBERCRIMINALS WITH SUPERIOR THREAT INTELLIGENCE.

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.

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.

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.

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.