FeatureDigital transformation has been crucial for enhancing the security and resilience of networks for UAE enterprises. Today’s digital landscape comes with various new threat vectors, and having the countermeasures required to address and dispel them is essential. EITC has always been committed to ensuring enterprise customers acquire services that measure up to the highest security standards.
Advancements in the digital world have further empowered the organisation to fulfil this obligation, backed with the latest industry-leading, state-of-the-art security controls that provide UAE enterprises with secure, reliable, and constantly accessible services.
Despite the turbulence witnessed in recent times, positive outcomes have transpired following the outbreak
Upon reflection, EITC has not left any stone unturned in relation to security for enterprises. This approach has positioned the company at the forefront of security and privacy not only for enterprises, but also subscribers and EITC service delivery platforms. Looking ahead, EITC will continue with its enduring quest to upscale security posture and further restrict new and emerging threats.
Despite the turbulence witnessed in recent times, positive outcomes have transpired following the outbreak, including enhanced network infrastructure security. The pandemic facilitated a revised security approach, one that included secure remote access and connectivity strategies. From an EITC standpoint, the zero-trust concept introduced was a major paradigm shift in terms of the company’s thought process.
This served as a critical foundation for taking effective and decisive measures to develop an enhanced security posture on multiple fronts, with user identity, multi-factor authentication, posture-based admission control, and various network segmentation strategies all upgraded.
The pandemic facilitated a revised security approach, one that included secure remote access and connectivity strategies
Efforts in this direction were also complemented by continuous awareness and security posture analysis efforts, which enabled EITC to fulfil its ongoing compliance lifecycle vision and ensure network infrastructure is more secure than ever.
In addition to more robust security controls and CICD pipelines, micro-segmentation, and container security controls, DEVSECOPS principles and cloud access security broker CASB and application programming interface API security gateways will also be prominent security control mainstays. It is important to appreciate that traditional network security controls have already been commoditised, which is an implicit factor in any modern IT architecture design.
From an EITC standpoint, the zero-trust concept introduced was a major paradigm shift
As the digital landscape continues to evolve and expand, so do windows of opportunity for hackers and the likelihood of cybersecurity breaches. Network reliance has reached its highest ever point over the last 12 months with people and businesses operating virtually, and the probability of such scenarios transpiring has further exacerbated consequently.
As such, EITC has broadened the scope of its IT investments, accelerating timeframes in several areas, including zero-trust, secure access service edge SASE, identity governance, and data security controls.
As the digital landscape continues to evolve and expand, so do windows of opportunity for hackers and the likelihood of cybersecurity breaches
The last year has witnessed vendor technology landscape reform in terms of integration prioritisation, with vendors adapting to recent operating environment changes by converging various capabilities into one integrated solution. Success here will ensure vendors provide customers with the freedom to choose what features they require based on specific threat vectors and cost considerations and projections.
Considering that digitisation and digitalisation are the prominent trends in the industry today, it is likely that application-related security controls will be among the network security technologies driving transformation for IT security organisations in due course. It is a near certainty that this scenario will transpire, especially when the features and functionalities that these solutions include are considered.
EITC has broadened scope of its IT investments, accelerating in zero-trust, secure access service edge, identity governance, and data security controls.
