Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO at Qualys, outlines why organisations need an open, cloud-based platform that seamlessly builds security into their hybrid IT environments. Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO at Qualys, has provided a clear call to action on how to successfully overcome today’s security challenges, at the QSC EMEA 2021 12-Day Virtual event. With […]

Organisations have had to quickly respond to disruption caused by COVID-19, including securing their infrastructure. We hear from Anas Jwaied, Vice President and General Manager for Emerging Markets, Micro Focus and Tamer El Refaey, Chief Cyber Security Strategist, Emerging Markets, Micro Focus, who tell us how the company is helping businesses build overall resiliency to […]

In a world where the workplace is continuing to shift towards a ‘work anywhere’ model, moving towards a Zero Trust architecture simply makes sense. This is the message from Vijay Babber, Channel Manager at Gigamon Middle East, who tells us how organisations can embrace a Zero Trust strategy with a few key steps. The COVID-19 […]

In this edition of our Deep Dive series, Perry Hutton, VP-Africa, Fortinet, tells us about the security strategies and priorities CISOs and CIOs in Africa should be considering this year.

With IT leaders concerned about the challenges of securing employee’s access to the corporate network, Krupa Srivatsan, Director, Cybersecurity Product Marketing at Infoblox, looks at some rising threats that could be encountered. With the remote working trend on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many IT managers and corporate leaders have naturally been concerned […]

As organisations continue to grapple with the ‘new normal’, it’s important that they prioritise their cybersecurity strategies as cyberattackers look to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic for their own malicious gains. Garth Braithwaite, Senior Sales Director, Middle East, Southern Africa & Russia, Gigamon, tells us why enterprises must consider a security approach which couples Zero Trust […]

Rick Vanover, Senior Director of Product Strategy, and Anthony Spiteri, Senior Global Technologist, of Veeam, tell us with the right preparation, governments can build resiliency against ransomware attacks to avoid data loss, financial loss and reputation damage. Over the next 10 years, the Australian Government’s Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 will invest A$1.67 billion to achieve its […]

Nick Ellsmore, Director of Consulting and Professional Services (Pacific) at Trustwave, tells us that while state-sponsored cyberattacks get the headlines, there is plenty of pragmatic work that can be done to address the 99% of attacks that aren’t. I’ve been a cybersecurity consultant for over 20 years. Well, I was an IT security consultant for a […]

The cybersecurity skills gap is not going away any time soon. Tim Bandos, CISO at Digital Guardian, explains how companies shouldn’t always rely on the same channels to look for employees. He says sometimes the perfect employee for the job is already in the company but just needs further training. Much has been written about […]

Historically, OT processes ran on non-routable protocols. But the so-called air gap has disappeared as industrial networks converge with the IT network. This means operations teams have had to rethink the cybersecurity protections they put in place. Joe Robertson, EMEA CISO, Fortinet, explains. Today, almost no discussion about any subject goes on for long without […]