Patching, backups, firewall configuration… when it comes to security, make sure you take care of your infrastructure before you invest in next-level tools.
Huawei starts regional ‘CEM Elite Club’
Huawei has announced that it will be starting its first ‘CEM Elite Club’ initiative in the Middle East in response to growing end-user demand for more customer-centric experiences and services by telecom operators in an increasingly connected world.
Major IoT challenges hindering success
Heralded for driving positive transformations in consumer products, retailing, healthcare, manufacturing and more, the Internet of Things (IoT) promises a “smart” everything, from refrigerators, to cars, to buildings, to oil fields. But there’s a dark side to IoT, and if we don’t overcome the challenges it presents, we will be heading for trouble.
Cloud care
On 28th March, representatives from Blue Coat Systems met with top CIOs of the region to discuss data protection, tokenisation and the cloud.
Future perfect
John McCarthy, who coined the term, defined Artificial Intelligence as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Recently, intelligent machines – their creators, specifically – have taken leaps and bounds when it comes to meeting humans as equals in terms of processing power and the ability to make informed decisions.
Safety first
Mid-March saw Huawei’s return to technology showpiece CeBit in Germany, with a booth that engulfed most of Hannover Exhibition Centre’s Hall 2. There, they put an emphasis on ‘Safe Cities’, making it clear that the Middle East is in their sights for a range of new solutions.
DEWA signs MoU with SAP
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAP.
Turning security inside out
Intel Security’s Raj Samani on his company’s commitment to help customers address the increasingly urgent need to shorten response time and simplified threat defence strategies.
Help AG signs as Tenable Gold Partner
The agreement, which makes Help AG Tenable’s authorised gold partner for the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, will allow the systems integrator to offer the vendor’s suite of next-generation security solutions for continuous network monitoring and vulnerability management to enterprises in the region.
Microsoft highlights security in IoT
At the Big Data Show taking place in Dubai World Trade Centre, alongside GISEC 2016, Microsoft is demonstrating the development in cloud technology. The company is showcasing live demos on Emotion Detection, IoT Remote Monitoring solutions and Social Analytics.
Infoblox VP for Cybersecurity shares DNS best practices
Infoblox has announced that its Vice President for Cybersecurity Rod Rasmussen, will be present at GISEC to share his expertise in DNS best practices with conference attendees.
BT Security calls for cybersecurity re-think at GISEC
BT has announced that its CEO Mark Hughes will deliver a keynote speech focused on ‘National Cyber Security Transformation’ during the 30th March, 10:30am session of GISEC.
Paladion focuses on active innovation for cyber defence
Paladion to focus on how enterprises can move to a predictive cyber defense model using security frameworks that actively and continuously adapt to the changing threat landscape.
Smart Dubai and du introduce new digital platform
Smart Dubai has announced the Smart Dubai Platform, a digital backbone powering the city in the near future, in partnership with Strategic Partner, du.
Cisco to highlight strategy of ‘Threat–centric Security at GISEC 2016
The company will showcase its strategy of ‘Threat–centric Security’, which includes threat detection, defense and secure remote access. Cisco aims to use the GISEC platform to highlight its next-generation security solutions that deliver advanced threat protection across the entire attack continuum before, during, and after an attack.
Cisco to address cybersecurity risks hindering digital ambitions at GISEC
Cisco announced its participation in the Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC 2016), which will take place under the collective banner of Future Technology Week, at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 29th to 31st March.
Fidelis Cybersecurity showcases incident response solutions at GISEC
In addition to exhibiting at GISEC, Jim Jaeger, a former director of intelligence with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Atlantic Command, will host a session on forensic analysis of cyberattacks.
Fidelis announces participation at GISEC
Fidelis Cybersecurity has announced their participation in the Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC), which will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on the 29th to 31st of March.
Fidelis exhibits products and solutions at GISEC
In addition to exhibiting at GISEC, Jim Jaeger, a former director of intelligence with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Atlantic Command, will host a session on forensic analysis of cyberattacks.
TechAccess signs distribution agreement with BlackBerry
TechAccess has expanded its software vendor and solution portfolio by signing a distribution agreement with BlackBerry.