Amrita Agarwal, Author at CyberCentric

Apr262021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight Becomes the First Lookout Value-Added Distributor in the Middle East to Extend Zero Trust Security to the Cloud

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Dubai, UAE — April 26, 2021: With the rapid adoption of cloud across the region, especially due to the dramatic growth in remote working, organizations need to protect their data and IT systems from cloud-based threats more than ever. Gartner forecasts that over the next five years, the SASE market will grow at a CAGR of 42%, reaching almost $11 billion by 2024. In addition, Gartner predicts that spending on Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solutions will grow 40.7% in 2021, 36.7% in 2022 and 33.2% in 2023, outpacing all other information security markets. To address customer challenges related to cloud security including cloud access, discovery, monitoring, data protection, policy enforcement and compliance,...

Apr192021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Spectrami embraces digital transformation with AmiViz platform

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With this move, Spectrami embarks on a new journey that will help the company change the face of distribution in the region Dubai, UAE – 4 April 2021 – Spectrami, the META region’s leading cyber security Value-Added Distributor (VAD), today announced that the company has embarked on a new journey to change the face of distribution in the Middle East, as it adopts AmiViz platform to transform its business digitally. Anand Choudha, co-founder and CEO for Spectrami, said: “Since last year, we have been deliberating on various strategies to transform our business and have been searching for a digital transformation platform that would not just help us increase the operational efficiency and productivity, but also provide a consumer styled e-commerce platform experience to our partne...

Apr72021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Tips to Spot a Fake LinkedIn Profile – Shahzad Subhani

CISO Perspective

In this exclusive article for CyberCentric, Shahzad Subhani from Bank Albilad highlights the value of network connections on LinkedIn and how to spot the fake profiles. Most of us are using LinkedIn for our professional network and each of us wants to increase its connections and get the best out of our network, however lately it has been observed that LinkedIn is flooded with a lot of fake profiles. Though such profiles are pretty obvious to spot however they are still able to deceive many people. Purpose of this short article is to alarm those who do not notice such profiles and feel flattered or obligated to accept every connection request. Another reason is the fact that whenever you get such a request, you also find 20 to 30 mutual connections. This means that other ...

Mar12021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Sangfor NGAF Receives AAA Rating from CyberRatings

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Sangfor is proud to announce its AAA rating in CyberRatings.org’s 2021 Enterprise Firewall + SSL/TLS Product Ratings, released on the 18th of February 2021. Sangfor NGAF provides the best of breed protection and efficiency, achieving the highest security effectiveness score at 99.7%. The total of cost of ownership (TCO) surpassed some of the best price points amongst the group of eleven vendors rated. CyberRatings.org, a new member organization, offers expert guidance on addressing Security risk to the cybersecurity community. Founded by the former CEO of NSS Labs, CyberRatings.org provides unbiased ratings, technical reports, and industry analysis for a multitude of cybersecurity technologies."Sangfor's security effectiveness was outstanding, with 264 out of 264 evasions and 2325 out ...

Mar12021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Contextual Understanding of SABSA for Non-SABSA Architects

CISO Perspective

Muhammad Amir Jamil Security Risk Management Practice Lead and Head of CoE for Architecture for the Middle East and Africa at DXC Technology. Being an Enterprise Architect by passion and Enterprise Security Architecture by role, I like exploring the enterprise architecture domains from different angles and perspectives and then refine my conclusions whenever I find the time and opportunity. Resultantly, I can say that it’s fruitful to learn and blend the best elements of all the EA (Enterprise Architecture) frameworks and methodologies together for delivering the assignments. This is how an architect should evolve and add more value. Comparing different methodologies and their key areas concludes that although each methodology uses different terminologies, level of depth and the way...

Feb282021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Driving the Digital Change, An Exclusive Interview with Robin Sinha, General Manager Unicorp Technologies

Partner Outlook

Robin Sinha is an accomplished General manager heading operations in UAE with over 25+ years of experience. Robin Sinha joined Almoayed Group in 2005 in Bahrain and moved to Abu Dhabi in 2009 to head the Unicorp Operations. In his overall experience he has dedicated 15+ years in GCC countries. His role has been instrumental setting up Unicorp, aligning it with the corporate strategy, and ensuring profitability for the organization. How is UniCorp driving the Digital Change in UAE? Unicorp Technologies is driving the digital change in the businesses through integrated IT solutions and services. Our multi-technology capabilities are backed by experience to serve large enterprises to mid-size and small businesses across various industries. Our endeavour is to help businesses become mor...

Feb242021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight Signed as RedSeal Distributor to Bolster Cybersecurity Posture of Middle East Customers

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Dubai, UAE — February 1, 2021: According to Gartner’s Top 10 IT Security Projects for 2021, CARTA – Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment – risk-based vulnerability management shall be a key priority for CIOs and CISOs. To address challenges related to resilience management and to accelerate incident response at enterprise and government entities in the region, CyberKnight has partnered with a leading provider in the space, RedSeal. The RedSeal platform gives security and management teams the most holistic understanding of their organization’s cyber risks – across physical, cloud and virtual networks – including remote endpoints. RedSeal verifies that network devices are securely configured, validates network segmentation policies, and continuously monitors compliance with poli...

Feb232021 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

5 Reasons why Automated Phishing Incident Response is critical to Zero Trust Model?

Product Reviews

Racha Abdallah, Senior Cyber Security Consultant at CyberKnight Information is the lifeline of any business. The falling of this information in wrong hands could be catastrophic. Hackers are coming up with new methods to steal confidential data. Despite the best technology controls in place, we hear incidents related to online frauds, espionage, card skimming, identity theft every day resulting in either financial or brand reputation loss. While the organizations continue to focus on deploying the latest technologies to thwart cyber-attacks, hackers continue to target the weakest link in the organization i.e. The Humans. Every day we hear incidents related to Phishing & Social Engineering where end users are tricked into revealing confidential information or clicking a link only...