Ignition Technology has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with BeyondTrust for the distribution of its entire portfolio in the Middle East region. With this signature, the Middle East region becomes the fifth EMEA theatre where the two companies will be able to partner. Ignition Technology is a BeyondTrust distributor in the UK, […]
Throughout 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, 14% of installs of potentially unwanted mobile financial apps on Android phones were made by users in the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa (META) region. META ranks third among the world regions behind APAC and LATAM in terms of the number of installs of such apps. As Android […]
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 […]
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 […]
AmiViz, the Middle East region’s first enterprise B2B marketplace, today announced that the company has joined hands with PolySwarm, a first-of-its-kind marketplace for malware intelligence. PolySwarm has been onboarded to the AmiViz B2B Platform
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
