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Mar22023 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight Highlights the Importance of Zero Trust Security at Gartner SRM and GISEC 2023

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Dubai, UAE — February 27, 2023: CyberKnight announces its participation as a PremierSponsor at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Dubai on February 27-28,as well as one of the largest exhibitors at GISEC 2023 on March 14-16. CyberKnight will highlight to regional IT Security leaders, the importance of a holistic approach to Zero Trust when addressing today’s cybersecurity challenges. At both events, CyberKnight will also showcase market-leading international cybersecurity vendors. At the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, CyberKnight will be joined by: CounterCraft: Dec...

Feb242023 by Laiba TouqirNo Comments

Sportswear Chain JD Sports Faces Cyberattack Leading To 10 million Customer Data at Risk

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The personal data of customers of JD Sports who purchased anything online from this sportswear chain, over the periods of two years, are at risk after the company was hit by a cyber-attack. This cyber incident led 10 million of the customer’s data exposed to hackers. The data breach includes, name, delivery address, billing address, email, phone number, last four digits of payment cards and other details of these customers who shopped online from November 2018 to October 2020 from any of these organization’s brands such as JD, Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts and MilletSport. In a statement JD Sports assured that the data affected was "limited" in scope and that no website user account passwords had been compromised. They claim that the...

Feb232023 by Laiba TouqirNo Comments

Crypto Hype is Ushering Phishing Frauds

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Cryptocurrency seems to be an interesting investment but it can be susceptible to many frauds due to its rising popularity. So, it is not wrong to say that phishing scams have taken an advantage of crypto hype and the cybercriminals have purposely targeted individuals and businesses in the crypto space. These scams often involve fraudsters impersonating legitimate entities (such as exchanges, wallets, or well-known individuals in the crypto community) in order to trick victims into revealing their seed phrases, leading to theft of their assets. They often create fake websites or emails that look like legitimate crypto exchanges or wallets, and ask for login credentials or private keys. It's important to exercise cauti...

Jan292023 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

PhishRod Launches CyberIsland, A Freemium Game For End-User Awareness

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PhishRod, the leading anti-phishing & cyber security awareness solution provider announces the launch of, “CyberIsland” – A freemium game to aware & empower end users so they can play a role in protecting the digital boundaries of an organization. CyberIsland is the quest of an end user to navigate through the cyber threat landscape using gamification. The quest starts with the map that guides the end users on how to navigate through Phishing Island, Ransomware Zone, Malware Dock, Bay of Insider Threat, and Strait of Social Engineering with the ultimate objective to reach CyberIsland. “End-user awareness is a critical component of the cyber security strategy of every organization. Our vision is to provide innovative ways to achieve end-user awareness and Cyb...

Jan202023 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Xage Partners with CyberKnight to Bring Zero Trust Cybersecurity for OT Environments in the Global Energy Hub and Announces Middle East Expansion

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates / PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 - Xage Security, the zero trust real-world cybersecurity company, today unveiled its expansion to secure and transform critical infrastructure operations throughout the Middle East—the top energy producing region in the world. Xage has opened offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, while appointing Ray Kafity as Vice President to lead the regional team and spearhead the strategic expansion. To accelerate adoption across the Middle East, Xage has also partnered with Dubai-based CyberKnight, the leading zero trust cybersecurity distributor. "Cyber threats targeting operators in the Middle East are of international importance. Attacks on these companies don't just have regional implicati...

Jan52023 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight Revenue Growth Story Continues in 2022

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Strong Growth Momentum Sustained: CyberKnight Reports 95% Bookings Growth Y-o-Y Dubai, UAE — January 4th, 2023: CyberKnight, the pioneer of ‘The Art of Cybersecurity Value-Added-Distribution’, today announced its financial results for FY2022. In its third year of operation, CyberKnight continued to deliver robust revenue growth, reporting an increase of 95% in bookings over FY2021. This outstanding performance and accelerated growth for the third consecutive year are attributed to the company’s commitment to execution, paired with ongoing investments in people, product, and process. CyberKnight’s exceptional momentum is a testament to its 25-market leading Zero Trust Security focused portfolio vendors, deep engagement with more than 400+ partners, trusted advisor relationships wit...

Oct272022 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

PhishRod & ICT Misr talk about phishing attacks and how to counter them

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Oct92022 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

Accops now offers unique facial authentication solution for DaaS users

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Pune, India. Sept. 28, 2022: Accops Systems, an India-based global provider of integrated remote access products and solutions, has launched Accops BioAuth, a fingerprint and facial authentication solution with continuous user environment monitoring, enabling organizations to authenticate DaaS users no matter where they are working from. This unique solution will help data-sensitive businesses, like BFSI, Pharma, BPO/KPO, critical PSUs, prevent identity impersonation, shoulder surfing, as well as authentication-related attacks. The facial authentication feature can be easily integrated with any laptops, PCs, and tablets to capture a user's face, and validate it against a face template of the user pre-registered with Accops BioAuth database placed in the organization's data centr...

Sep272022 by Amrita AgarwalNo Comments

CyberKnight joins the I-Pledge Drive by PhishRod

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Monday, 26th September 2022: CyberKnight, a cybersecurity-focused value-added distributor, has joined hands with PhishRod, an anti-phishing & security awareness solution provider, to support its I-Pledge initiative. I-Pledge – is an initiative by PhishRod where end users commit to playing their role in protecting the digital boundaries of an organization. I-Pledge includes a declaration to be acknowledged by end users that they will play their role in protecting the digital boundaries of their organization. It is designed to bring about a cultural change where end users are made aware of their obligations toward securing critical assets. PhishRod also provides free security awareness material including posters, animated videos, SCORM compliant content to be shared with end users. P...

Sep142022 by Taimur AkmalNo Comments

PhishRod launches I-Pledge – A Security Awareness Initiative to transform end user behavior

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#IPledge PhishRod, a leading solution provider for security awareness & automated phishing incident response has initiated a drive for transforming end user behavior. I-Pledge – is an initiative by PhishRod where end users commit to playing their role in protecting the digital boundaries of an organization. PhishRod will provide free security awareness training material including computer-based training modules, animated microlearning modules, posters, infographics and a free license of the PhishRod suite to create cyber security awareness for a limited time. “I-Pledge is essentially a security awareness drive by PhishRod with an objective to prepare the workforce of every organization to combat cyber threats. Any organization can be a part of the I-Pledge initiative and ...