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Serco Appoints Jeff Miller As Director, Security And Defence For The Middle East

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Serco has announced the appointment of Jeffrey (Jeff) Miller to the role of Director, Security and Defence in the Middle East. The newly created role outlines Serco’s commitment to bolstering its defence capabilities in the region, spanning acquisition and programme management, engineering and modernisation, education, logistics and human capital management across sea, land, air and space. The new Director Security and Defence will drive the defence capabilities of Serco Middle East, building on the company’s mission to support governments as […]

35% of the top Middle East retailers leave Ramadan shoppers vulnerable to email fraud

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Cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint has released research which shows that only 65% of the top 20 retailers in the Middle East have implemented the minimum level of DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) protection, meaning 35% are taking no steps to prevent malicious actors spoofing their domain. Worryingly, only 6 out of the top 20 (30%) have the strictest and recommended DMARC policy (‘reject’) in place, meaning 70% are not proactively blocking fraudulent emails from reaching consumers. With […]

Webex by Cisco helps to prevent data leakage

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Cisco has introduced new audio watermarking features to its Webex collaboration platform, providing organizations in the Middle East with greater assurance as they navigate complex hybrid work environments and prioritize insider threat prevention. The audio watermarking tool can be used to protect confidential meeting content. Ahmad Zureiki, Director of Collaboration Business, Cisco Middle East and Africa, commented: “In a digital-first world, it is not uncommon for confidential meetings to be secretly recorded and leaked on different platforms. Even without malicious […]

Evanssion partners with ExtraHop

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Cybersecurity and cloud-native value distributor Evanssion has announced its partnership with ExtraHop, a provider in cloud-native network detection and response, across the Middle East region. Through this partnership, Evanssion’s customers and partners will be able to leverage cutting-edge network detection and response (NDR) solutions from ExtraHop. In response to an increase in cyberattacks this past year, there has been a widespread deployment of NDR solutions to eliminate blind spots and inspect east-west traffic for threats and anomalies. When used in […]

Every fifth user in the Middle East lost money from an incident involving digital payments

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According to the Kaspersky Digital Payment survey, 18% of respondents from the Middle East experienced financial losses associated with threats when using online banking and mobile wallet services. The majority of users (92%) lost up to USD $1,000 as a result of these incidents, while (8%) of the respondents reported a loss of more than USD $1,000. According to Kaspersky Security Network, more than 1.8 million financial threats were blocked in the Middle East by the company, 256,708 of them […]

NetWitness in distribution partnership with CyberKnight

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The partnership to provide leading XDR solutions to Middle East-based enterprises NetWitness has announced it is partnering with cybersecurity focused value-added-distributor (VAD) headquartered in Dubai, CyberKnight, to bring NetWitness’ leading extended detection and response (XDR) solutions to enterprises in the Middle East. Together, NetWitness and CyberKnight will enable enterprise and government customers in the Middle East with fast detection and automatic response capabilities to combat today’s advanced cybersecurity threats. The NetWitness Platform is an open XDR solution that enables security […]

Targeted UAE organizations lost over US$1.4 million in ransomware in 2022

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Acronis has released its latest cyberthreats and trends report for the second half of 2022 which found that phishing and the use of MFA fatigue attacks, an extremely effective method used in high-profile breaches, are on the rise. Of note, the report found that threats from phishing and malicious emails have increased by 60% and the average data breach cost is expected to reach US$5 million by next year. The research team who authored the report also saw social engineering […]

Hikvision to showcase innovative solutions at Intersec 2023

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The event is the largest security exhibition in the Middle East region, and will take place at the World Trade Center in Dubai, from January 17-19, 2023 Hikvision will be presenting its innovative technology solutions at Intersec 2023. The event is the largest security exhibition in the Middle East region, and will take place at the World Trade Center in Dubai, from January 17-19, 2023. With the theme of “Connect, Converge & Collaborate for a Brighter Future”, Hikvision will demonstrate […]

Intersec 2023: Exhibitors from over 120 countries to showcase products

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Around 70% of the industry’s global market leaders will be at Intersec 2023. Advanced security, fire and protection solutions across the entire value chain will take centre stage in Dubai this month, with leading products from around the world set for unveilings at Intersec, the world’s leading trade fair for the industry which runs at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 17-19 January. Intersec will host exhibitors from all corners of the globe, in fact, around 70% of the industry’s […]

CyberKnight announces financial results for FY2022

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CyberKnight reports 95% bookings growth y-o-y. This outstanding performance and accelerated growth for the third consecutive year are attributed to the company’s commitment to execution Cybersecurity value added distributor CyberKnight has announced its financial results for FY2022. In its third year of operation, CyberKnight continued to deliver robust revenue growth, reporting an increase of 95% in bookings over FY2021. This outstanding performance and accelerated growth for the third consecutive year are attributed to the company’s commitment to execution, paired with […]
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