Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) is responsible for managing refining, liquefied natural gas and petrochemicals activities. KIPIC is a critical national infrastructure organisation, which makes cybersecurity a high priority. Here, Husain Al-Maghrabi, Head of Cyber Security at KIPIC, discusses the successful implementation of Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security to protect 1,600 devices and reveals how […]
Tenable has disclosed details of a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Teams discovered by its Zero-Day Research Team. By abusing PowerApps functionality (a separate product used within Teams for building and using custom business apps), threat actors could gain persistent read/write access to a victim user’s email, Teams chats, OneDrive, Sharepoint and a variety of other […]
Veeam Data Protection Report 2021 finds that COVID-19 has significantly impacted Digital Transformation (DX) spending, with 40% of global organizations viewing economic uncertainty as the greatest barrier to DX in the next 12 months and one-third having slowed or halted initiatives in the past year. Data protection challenges are undermining organizations’ abilities to execute Digital […]
One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions now offered to critical infrastructure organisations free of charge for six months As emergency services, public health organisations, utilities and other critical organisations rush to enable as many remote workers as possible, best practices for keeping users secure have understandably become an ongoing challenge. To help, One Identity, a […]
SANS Institute, a global leader in cybersecurity training and certifications, has announced SANS Threat Analysis Rundown (STAR), an all-new, free webcast series that delivers inside scoop on the latest cyberthreats. Hosted by SANS Instructor, Katie Nickels, the series features a variety of experts from the cybersecurity community who will give their unique perspectives on the threat landscape. […]
Infoblox, a leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, has announced that it is hosting a five city cybersecurity tour throughout Middle East and Africa (MEA) under the theme ‘Take Network Security to the Next Level’. The roadshow will kick off on February 24 2020 in Amman, Jordan, and will conclude in Kuwait City on March […]
Transportation, legal and banking sectors hit hardest by cyberattacks, according to new Mimecast report. Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced the availability of its quarterly Threat Intelligence Report: Risk and Resilience Insights. The report provides technical analysis from the Mimecast Threat Centre from July to September 2019 on the nature […]
National Bank of Kuwait adopts Visa’s 3D Secure 2.0 to allow seamless authentication for eCommerce transactions. National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) became the first bank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to adopt Visa’s 3D Secure 2.0, which provides merchants and issuers with a seamless way to authenticate cardholders for eCommerce transactions […]
Kaspersky researchers have revealed the number of cybersecurity investigations it has launched in Kuwait. Since the start of 2018, Kaspersky researchers have kept a close eye on the META region for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks and have worked on investigative cases across the region. Kaspersky has issued 14 threat intelligence reports from Kuwait which […]
