GEC NEWS WIRE

GEC NEWS WIRE

Adam Palmer, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at Tenable.
Adam Palmer, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at Tenable.

Pandemic has triggered review of global cybersecurity laws

Certifications under consideration in 2021 include EU Common Criteria for critical infrastructure, cloud services, artificial intelligence, and 5G. The expanded threat landscape of cloud-based assets along with connected operational technology devices is
5 years ago
Prem Rodrigues, Director Middle East, Africa, India SAARC, Siemon.
Prem Rodrigues, Director Middle East, Africa, India SAARC, Siemon.

Remote work is driving investment into datacentre services

Siemon expects demand for infrastructure that enable scalability and migration to higher Ethernet speeds without disturbing installed infrastructure.  Undoubtedly, the global Covid-19 pandemic had and continues to have a major impact on
5 years ago
Ziad Youssef, VP Secure Power Middle East and Africa, Schneider Electric.
Ziad Youssef, VP Secure Power Middle East and Africa, Schneider Electric.

Increased spending will be seen in datacentres, edge computing and DX

Enterprises are undertaking initiatives to modernise infrastructure, productivity, energy, sustainability, protect people, physical assets, data. Technology was the business enabler of 2020, be it e-commerce, remote working, or solutions such as cloud-based
5 years ago
Emile Abou Saleh, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa at Proofpoint.
Emile Abou Saleh, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa at Proofpoint.

Unprecedented levels of people-centric global cyberattacks

2020 has seen global people-centric cyberattacks, including the capitalisation of the pandemic, fraud, ransomware and credential phishing. According to Gartner, the IT spending in the EMEA region is forecasted to grow 2.8%
5 years ago
Hidetoshi Kaneko, Director and Division Head, System Solutions and Communications Division, Middle East and Africa, Panasonic Marketing.
Hidetoshi Kaneko, Director and Division Head, System Solutions and Communications Division, Middle East and Africa, Panasonic Marketing.

The Covid pandemic is driving technologies from concept to reality

Most businesses trying to recuperate from slowdown and as risks persist, more businesses are investing into contactless technologies and automation. The IT and innovative technology sector might be the only industries that
5 years ago
Haider Pasha, Senior Director and Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks, MEA.
Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer, Middle East and Africa, Palo Alto Networks.

Home, Brexit, 5G, cloud, contactless will see more threats

In 2021, growth of 5G networks, cloud, edge computing and touchless interfaces will give rise to new types of security vulnerabilities and threats. With so many working from home, the weak point
5 years ago
Mohammed Abukhater, F5’s RVP for Middle East and Africa.
Mohammed AbuKhater, Vice President Sales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, F5.

Click farms, 5G architecture, open banking are key trends

Attackers embracing click farms, deploying a horizontal 5G architecture with layers, and open banking to share customer data, are kye trends ahead. How do you make sense of 2020? Suffice to say,
5 years ago

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