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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...

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 ...

Jun102021 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

CyberKnight Extends Distribution Partnership with HelpSystems, Adding Secure Managed File Transfer Solution GoAnywhere

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Dubai, UAE (June 9, 2021) -- CyberKnight today announced an expanded partnership with HelpSystems that involves selling its market-leading secure managed file transfer solution GoAnywhere in the Middle East. The enhanced partnership is based on strong customer demand for a secure and fast way to share information amid an environment exploding in data, devices, and channels. “GoAnywhere helps thousands of customers around the world achieve better file security, data transfers, and automatic encryption,” said Vivek Gupta, Co-Founder & COO, CyberKnight. “By extending our partnership with HelpSystems, within which we already offer cybersecurity solutions from Core Security and Clearswift, GoAnywhere will help regional enterprise and government organizations simplify and secure file tra...

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...

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...