Organisations around the world are now relying on digital tools to help them deliver positive experiences for both their employees and end users, particularly given the shift to remote working brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, Oliver Bendig, CEO, Matrix42, talks us through the challenges and pain points for customers, as well as how […]

Sameer Basha, Security Consultant GCC, Check Point Software Technologies – Middle East, discusses the importance of using threat hunting to defend against attackers on a network, as well as how threat hunting is beneficial to operations and creates a resilient cyber infrastructure. What is threat hunting and why is it relevant to CISOs? Threat hunting […]

Hardus Dippenaar, Senior Network Architect at Datacentrix, discusses why a Zero Trust policy is necessary and why organisations should embrace this particular approach to security. Our changing world, with its more distributed infrastructure and new applications and workloads exposing a larger attack surface, means that perimeter security, while still an important element within an enterprise’s […]

The threat landscape is continuously evolving with the adoption of innovative technology to meet vast demands. This is especially true in the education sector. As academic institutions adopt new technologies to sustain hybrid and remote learning and are constantly targeted by threat actors, leaders in education must stay one step ahead by taking proactive approaches to managing […]

Organisations across the Middle East are increasingly adopting cloud applications and platforms. Given the remote nature of modern workforces, it’s important they do not overlook security. Arie de Groot, Senior Director Middle East at Netskope, tells us why organisations should be prioritising cloud security and how Netskope is helping its customers to achieve this. Recent […]

Cybersecurity professionals discuss how far we can rely on the use of passwords to secure our most valuable information, and how organisations should be securely operating until we can develop a more reliable method to replace passwords. The concept of a password has existed for millennia and while the idea of them has remained the […]

To be able to succeed in the post COVID-19 era, CISOs will need to reallocate their budgets and begin planning for strategies and offerings to safeguard their organisation. Adam Gordon, Country Manager ANZ at Varonis, discusses some of the budget priorities for CISOs in 2021, from ransomware detection technology to remote data security. 2020 was […]

As the world becomes more hybrid and people adapt to working remotely, CIOs must be aware of how to mitigate the expanding threat landscape that has intensified as a result. Jonathan Bridges, Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-e, says CIOs must explore technologies which ensure employees are not being held back at home by the likes of poor connectivity […]

Lynton Lubbe, CS and NGS Business Practice Lead, Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa, on Zero Trust and why building a comprehensive security posture is more than just the network. Given the normalisation of a distributed work environment, organisations have had to rethink their approach to cybersecurity. Dealing with an exponential increase in network complexity, managing the myriad […]

Modern organisations use a range of smart physical security solutions to keep their people and assets safe – but it’s important that they also acknowledge that these security tools can be an entry point for threat actors to gain access to corporate networks. Christian Morin, Chief Security Officer and Vice President Integration and Cloud Services, […]