Amrita Agarwal, Author at CyberCentric

Oct12021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

4 Reasons to Visit PhishRod at GITEX

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PhishRod, one of the fastest-growing security awareness & automated phishing incident response providers will be present at GITEX Global 2021 with CyberKnight at Stand H1-D25. Team PhishRod will demonstrate its integrated and analytics-driven approach towards phishing readiness & security awareness. Here are a few reasons why you should visit the PhishRod booth at GITEX 2021 Avail free Automated Maturity Assessment of your Security Awareness Program Get a chance to get FREE Automated Maturity Assessment for your Security Awareness Program. PhishRod Enterprise Security Awareness Framework categorizes organizations across different levels depending upon the maturity and effectiveness of the program. The automated assessment comprises of a series of questions that ultima...

Sep302021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Leading Observability Pipeline Company Cribl Partners with MEA’s Top Value-Added Distributor Spire Solutions

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Together, the companies will give teams in the Middle East & Africa and India simplicity, flexibility, and control over their security and observability data. Dubai, UAE | San Francisco, USA | Thursday, September 30, 2021: Regions such as the Middle East & Africa and India are witnessing an enormous growth in data. The growth comes from various factors, including digital-driven remote working due to the current pandemic, a shift to zero trust security, and wider acceptance of smart technologies, cloud, and microservices architectures. Data observability has become essential, but most popular tools aren’t able to cater to companies’ present-day needs. To solve current and emerging challenges around data, leading observability pipeline company Cribl and MEA region’s top value-...

Sep192021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Sangfor Featuring Gartner Whitepaper on NDR

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The Gartner research suggests that AI will have a significant impact on malware detection for the next 5-8 years. Gartner focused on dividing their research into subgroups: endpoints, performance monitoring, modeling, encryption, ransomware, and code analysis. Based on this research and analysis of hundreds of ransomware/malware incident response service customers, Sangfor has released a detailed whitepaper that explains how to combat weaponized AI used in new malware with purpose-built AI models looking for specific small non-normal or suspicious behavior across magnitudes of activity over large periods of time. If you want to download Gartner's Whitepaper Click Here.

Aug242021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Protiviti & PhishRod to drive the Cyber Security Awareness Summit 2021

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For anyone related to Cyber Security, the month of October has great significance as it is globally observed as Cyber Security Awareness Month. Organizations from different sectors conduct various activities to highlight the role of end-user awareness so they can play an active role in protecting the digital assets of an organization. With the hackers now targeting the end-users, the need for awareness & empowerment for end-users has become critical. Ahead of this Cyber Security Awareness Month, PhishRod & Protiviti have joined hands to drive the Cyber Security Awareness Summit to be held on 15th September 2021. The virtual event will focus on topics such as Phishing Readiness, End-User Behavior Analysis, Automation of Cyber Security Awareness Programs, Developing Phishing Inci...

Aug202021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Microsoft’s Most Valuable Researchers list Dominated by Sangfor BlueOps

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Sangfor Blue Ops team members have been recognized by Microsoft for their contribution towards discovering and sharing critical vulnerabilities. The MSRC Researcher Recognition Program offers public thanks and acknowledgment to the researchers who help protect customers through discovering and sharing security vulnerabilities under Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Sangfor’s BlueOps Team members Zhiniang Peng and Xue Feng Li, recognized as #6 and #22 on the latest MSRC 2021 Most Valuable Researchers list, published by Microsoft in August 2021. This honor comes soon after the Sangfor BlueOps Team presentation at DEFCON 29 in Las Vegas, NV USA. About Sangfor BlueOps Team Sangfor's highly-skilled, BlueOps defensive security testing team works toward impro...

Aug162021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Learn how ICT Misr is Playing its Role in making Organizations in Egypt more Secure

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ICT Misr’s Head of Information Security talks about their achievements in 2020 and what the company aspires for in 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTj9x1T1t8

Jul52021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

In the First Half of 2021, CyberKnight Books Over 130% of Full Year 2020 Revenue

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Dubai, UAE — July 5th, 2021: CyberKnight, the pioneer of Zero Trust Security value-added-distribution today announced its financial results for H1 2021. In its second year of operation, CyberKnight processed more than $13 Million of orders in the first 6 months of 2021 and saw an increase of 575% versus H1 last year. These notable achievements and exponential growth are the result of substantial investment into high-caliber talent across the region, expanding the channel ecosystem, deep-rooted strategic partner relationships, ongoing technology portfolio enhancement, and extensive marketing activities. “Despite the negative impact from COVID-19 last year, we had an exceptional first half of 2021. I am particularly proud of the CyberKnight team, who worked diligently to meet the ...

May282021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

PhishRod, CrowdStrike & CyberInc Conduct a Workshop on Ransomware Threat Remediation

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Ransomware attacks are rising at an alarming rate. According to VERIZON, in 2021, 85% of breaches occurred due to human error. 36% of these were phishing scams out of which 10% were ransomware attacks. Ransomware is when an attacker withholds company data or blocks access of the company’s systems until a ransom is paid. In just 5 months, the world has seen some high-profile ransomware attacks shaking the biggest of the companies including Colonial Pipeline in the U.S, Acer, Florida Water System, CNA Financial and Harris Federation. Each of these suffered significant financial loss to halted operations and ransom payment of millions of dollars. In lieu of these recent events, CyberKnight has organized an informative workshop that will include live demonstration of how to thwar...

May262021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight to Highlight the Evolution of Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience at GISEC 2021

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Dubai, UAE — May 26th, 2021: During GISEC 2021, as a Strategic Partner of the show, CyberKnight will showcase its Zero Trust Security methodology – The ZTX Framework, while participating along with 7 market-leading cybersecurity vendors from its product portfolio. The CyberKnight’s theme for this year is ‘The Evolution of Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience’. “A cyber-resilient company is one that can predict, prevent, detect, contain and recover, minimizing exposure to an attack and its impact on the business, against countless threats to data, applications, and IT infrastructure. Cyber resilience is all about anticipating. We believe that being ready for anything and Zero Trust is at the heart of cyber resilience”, commented Avinash Advani, the Founder and CEO at CyberKnight. “O...

May192021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

With CyberKnight as VAD, RiskIQ Middle East Business Grows 132% YoY, Leading to Investment in Local Operations

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Dubai, UAE, May 19, 2021 – RiskIQ, the leader in Attack Surface Management, today announced additional investment in its Middle East operations. Fueled by revenue growth across the region of 132% in 2020, RiskIQ recently relocated Henry Staveley, Regional Sales Director to Dubai and is currently undertaking additional recruitment activity. In late 2019 RiskIQ partnered with the value-added-distributor CyberKnight Technologies, and together they quadrupled the number of RiskIQ resellers across the region in 2020. “You can’t protect what you can’t see! That is why we partnered with RiskIQ. The platform enables enterprise and government customers to truly understand their attack surface. This is critical because when an attacker targets an organization, they will look for any possi...