Sophos today announced that Kris Hagerman will become the company’s new CEO effective immediately, and will join the company’s board. He succeeds Steve Munford, who will become Non-Executive Chairman of the board.

Hybrid warfare has altered the security landscape: cybersecurity experts
The blurring of lines between the different modes of warfare and weaponisation of non-military means undermine the foundation of the state is one of the most significant security challenges today, experts said.0 6788help AG set to host the third quarter installment of its Security Spotlight Forum later this month
The third quarter installment of the security specialist’s focused security event will feature presentations that address DDoS prevention, user-aware security infrastructure, IPv6, secure password management,among others.
ComGuard and WildPackets set to host a series of regional roundtables
Comguard and WildPackets are scheduled to host two roundtables in the UAE on the 10th and 11th of September 2012 and intend to take these roundtables to Bahrain, Kuwait, KSA, Oman and Qatar.
Fortinet appoints Oxygen as distributor for KSA
Fortinet has signed a partnership agreement with Oxygen, a value-added distributor specialised in mobility, wireless and security solutions, for the distribution of its entire suite of security solutions in KSA
Comguard and WildPackets set to host WildPackets Networks Performance Roundtable
Comguard, a regional value added distributor to organise a WildPackets Networks Performance Roundtable on September the 10th in Dubai and September the 11th in Abu Dhabi.
Barracuda Networks partners with Alpha Data for the UAE
Barracuda Networks has signed an agreement with systems integrator, Alpha Data, to resell its suite of security, networking and data protection solutions in the UAE.
help AG signs Verdasys for Enterprise Information Protection
EIP is an emerging, fast-growing market which is driven by a new wave of technology, business and regulatory trends, and help AG is partnering with Verdasys so as to effectively serve this enterprise need.
Comguard unveils next-gen UTM from WatchGuard in the region
Comguard, the authorised distributor for WatchGuard Technologies today announced the launch of the new WatchGuard XTM 5 Series of Unified Threat Management that the company claims has the fastest throughput in its price class without sacrificing security efficacy, manageability and ease of use.
Alfalak awarded top honour at Symantec Partner Awards 2012
Alfalak Electronic Equipment and Supplies, a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, has been awarded “Best Distributor of the Year for Norton Consumer” in the MENA region during the recently concluded Symantec Partner Awards 2012 in Dubai.

Spectrami partners with LogRhythm for distribution in the Middle East region
Spectrami, value added distributor in the region, has partnered with enterprise-class Log Management and SIEM 2.0 solutions provider, LogRhythm to …