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May252021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

All You Need to Need to Know About GISEC 2021

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GISEC is one of the most prominent and impactful cybersecurity events in the Arab region. For years it has been successful in attracting the influential key players of cybersecurity from around the region. GISEC plays a pivotal role in providing a joint platform to cybersecurity professionals and leaders to strategize against impending and ever-evolving cyber threats. This year is no different. One of the biggest information security events hosted by GISEC is scheduled to happen in Dubai from 31st May to 2nd June. It is an excellent opportunity to bring forth your concerns and experience first-hand how other security analysts are tackling threats in the hope of a cyber-secure environment. Must Visit Exhibitors Some of the must visit exhibitors showcasing the cutting-edge tech...

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...

May162021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

PhishRod signs distribution agreement with Complete Solution Finder for ASEAN region

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PhishRod, the fastest growing cyber security awareness & automated phishing incident response solution provider has signed a strategic partnership with Singapore based, Complete Solution Finder to address the threats faced by ASEAN countries related to phishing. According to the details received Complete Solution Finder will be the sole distributor of PhishRod for ASEAN region with prime focus on Singapore, Indonesia & Malaysia. The partnership would leverage on the best of breed phishing defense capabilities of PhishRod with strong technical & value-added services from Complete Solution Finder across the region. PhishRod comes with Automated Phishing Defense & Orchestrated Response with 100+ threat intelligence feeds that will allow organizations to instantly an...

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...

Apr142021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

CyberGate Defense launches Data Protection Program to protect critical data

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With the trend of digital transformation business generating tons of data and documents every day. Data is considered the most important asset for any organization, and the main challenge is how to protect this data from breaches. Securing this amount of data requires different approach to identify the data, govern and protect this data. With data security in mind, CyberGate Defense, one of the largest IT Security solution provider in UAE has launched Data Protection Program. The objective of the program is to apply best practices coupled with best of breed technologies to secure an organization’s critical data. CyberGate Defense is delivering a defined Data Protection Program with enabling Process People and Technology to govern, protect and monitor data at scale in on primes, ...

Mar312021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

PhishRod commissions CyberCentric to conduct a study on Phishing Readiness in Middle East

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PhishRod has commissioned CyberCentric to conduct a study on “State of Phishing Readiness in the Middle East & North Africa”. The objective of the study is to determine the impact of phishing attacks and the approaches used by organizations to counter threats related to phishing. This study aims to provide actionable and analytics-driven insight into the state of phishing threats in the Middle East. Speaking to CyberCentric, Syed Abid Ali, Co-Founder & CCO of PhishRod said, “Phishing is a global threat with a regional context. Hackers localize the phishing emails as an effective phishing attack because an email that worked in one region may not work in the other due to diverse organization cultures, end-user behavior, and contrasting regional context. While global studie...

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 ...

Feb242021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

CyberKnight Books Over $10 Million in First Year!

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Dubai, UAE — January 5th, 2021: CyberKnight, the pioneer of The Art of Cybersecurity Distribution, today announced its financial results for 2020 which ended on December 31st, 2020. This exceptional performance for a new company was observed during one of the most challenging periods in human history. Despite COVID-19’s unprecedented global impact, in its first year of operation, CyberKnight achieved more than $10 Million in revenue bookings, and is on track for exponential growth in 2021. “During Dubai’s real estate boom in the 2000’s there was a billboard which stated: It takes generations to build a world-class city; we did it in less than one. Deriving inspiration from these wise words, while being headquartered in the same city, we observed other value-added-distributors (VADs) ta...