Category: IT Security

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Visit Us For GISEC 2024

We are participating in GISEC 2024 at the Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition. Our security consultants will be present with our vendors Libraesva & WALLIX at Stand P 13 in Hall No.8. Visit us at GISEC 2024 to learn more about Email Security & Privileged Access Management solutions.

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Key Trends for CISOs in 2024

What should CISOs be focused on in 2024 and beyond? Here we summarize the trends and offer CISOs ways that they can position themselves to leverage these trends to drive personal and organizational success.

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The Best Ways To Stop Ransomware

What is the best way to stop ransomware? Ransomware has become a critical business threat. In this article, we look at the top ten best ways to stop ransomware attacks that can be implemented by organizations of all sizes in a short space of time. 

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Visit us for GISEC 2023

We are participating in GISEC 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition center. Our security consultants will be present with our vendors Veriato, CloudSEK & WALLIX at Stand P8 in Hall No.8.

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What is Zero Trust ?

Zero Trust is an approach to protecting digital assets from attacks. And it’s not about becoming jaded with literally zero trust for anyone, but about zero assumptions of automatic trust based on factors like location (inside or outside of the network perimeter), user or device.

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What is Virtual Patching ?

Virtual patching is a safety mechanism against attacks that exploit known and unknown vulnerabilities. It works by implementing different layers of security policies and rules that prevent and intercept an exploit from taking network paths to and from a vulnerability.

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Advantages of Configuration Review

Configuration Review is an essential component of any comprehensive security audit. A Secure configuration review looks at the configuration of critical devices of your IT network including Servers, Firewalls, and other networking devices to evaluate the security effectiveness of the IT environment.

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How does WALLIX Bastion secure the Active Directory?

In the last few years, there has been an increase in cyber-attacks targeting the Active Directory (AD). This is due to the obsolescence of the Active Directory architecture deployed by most large companies more than 10 years ago.

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Why continuous Pen Testing is a must for Web & Mobile Applications ?

Web and Mobile applications are exposed to all kinds of users on the internet and any vulnerability or misconfiguration can be easily exploited by a hacker before the application owner comes to know about the same. Pen testing mimics the actions of an actual attacker and most organizations end up doing one-time pen testing before launching the application.

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Got hit with a Ransomware attack – Now what ?

Sooner or later, Ransomware is likely to affect your business. Then what? Get the ITsMine Ransomware attack SOS guide with expert Guy Edri to learn from the experts what to do and when.

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The Pillars of Cloud Security – MFA and Zero Trust

Operating in the Cloud has become the new standard for organizations. But if you’re going for Cloud solutions, don’t be fooled by the idea that your data is safe. It is important to invest in Cloud Security. Digital Transformation needs Cloud Security To meet today’s global remote challenges while ensuring your business is ready for

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Lessons from SolarWinds hack

What can SolarWinds hack teach us? We all heard of the SolarWinds hack. Many people dismissed it as “just another data breach”, either by state actors or commercial hackers. We’ve become so hardened to such news that many of us don’t stop to think about the catastrophic implications of such an attack, how an attack like this can

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Cybersecurity for SMB – 9 Tips

Why is it important to invest in Cybersecurity for SMB customers ? Cybersecurity is important for Small and Medium Businesses with breaches happening regularly across businesses of all sizes & SMB customers are becoming soft targets for cybercriminals. They often find themselves in a situation where they do not have enough budgets to invest in

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A Different Approach to Anti-Ransomware

Over the past few years, many endpoint security products have popped up. However, when it comes to Anti-Ransomware solutions there are typically only three ways that these products attempt to protect a device. Some products use only one of these techniques while other products use two or even all three of these techniques. Detection and

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Visit us at GISEC 2019

We are participating for GISEC 2019 at Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition center. Our security consultants will be present with our vendor WatchTower S.M.A.R.T365 at Stand No.26 in Hall No.8. Visit us at GISEC to know more about how your organization can stay protected with SoC in a Box offering in a cost-effective way. We

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RDP attacks on the rise and ways to prevent it

RDP attacks are on the rise in Middle East countries like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait & Oman. Attackers using open RDP ports to take over machines or intercepting RDP sessions to inject malware by using brute-force techniques to gain usernames and passwords. Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is used for remotely connecting to Windows

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5 Things You Need To Teach Your Employees About Password Security

Passwords are beyond any doubt the weakest form of authentication, however, they still remain the most prevalent. Is it a force of habit for employees to have weak passwords, perhaps or is it even laziness. Here are the top 5 things to teach your employees about password security: 1. Regular Password Changes Changing your password

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Parablu Signs Distribution Agreement with Clouds Dubai

The partnership is aimed at making available Parablu’s suite of award-winning cloud data management solutions to enterprises in the middle-east Parablu, an award-winning leader in the secure data management solutions space, today announced its distribution agreement with Clouds Dubai, a leading IT Security distributor based in the UAE. As a part of this partnership, Clouds

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Heimdal Thor Enterprise wins Best Anti-Malware Solution from Computing Security Awards 2018

On Thursday, October 11 Heimdal Thor Enterprise was rewarded on the stage of Computing Security Awards 2018 with Best Anti-Malware Solution of the Year. Organized by Computing Security, one of the most influential and widely read cybersecurity publications, Computing Security Awards 2018 saw 12 products nominated for Anti-Malware Solution of the Year. Out of them, Thor

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100% utilization of Microsoft OneDrive for Backup

ParaBlu’s integration with Microsoft OneDrive will help companies utilize OneDrive storage as a backup target for endpoints without requiring to spend for additional storage on the cloud or on-premise. BlueVault with Microsoft OneDrive for Business Organizations can use Microsoft OneDrive for Business as a Backup target for endpoints. Parablu’s BluVault is a powerful and secure

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Third-Party Providers – Managing Insider Risks

Working with subcontractors has many benefits: it allows companies to increase productivity and efficiency, employ highly qualified experts, and cut costs. There also are drawbacks, though, and one of them is the risk that your third-party provider will prove a weak link in your cybersecurity. Fifty-six percent of organizations surveyed by the Ponemon Institute admitted to

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The Dangers From Within – Insider Threats

Security threats can appear from anywhere, most of them tend to occur from the inside. You may not think it, but the biggest threat to your company could be your very own employees – insider threats. Businesses tend to put their focus on internet-based attacks, rather than human-based attacks. However, insiders can cause more damage

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Does Security Awareness Trainings Even Work?

With countless hours spent on crafting and delivering mind-numbing PowerPoint presentations, you’ll be forgiven for asking the question: “does security awareness trainings even work?”. Cyber attacks have become so commonplace that any organisation, no matter what size or sector, is likely to be hit at some point in time. Some organisations might use this as

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Shadow IT: What are the risks and how can you mitigate them?

Shadow IT is one of the most common problems companies face today. With the increasing number of people bringing their devices to work and the constant appearance of new software solutions and cloud services, employees are using more and more technologies without notifying the corporate IT team about them. And usually, they don’t even realize

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IT Security in higher education – spotting the attacker

It’s already a given that spotting an attacker is difficult in IT Security – they use compromised credentials to access any and all data available to that account. This means that the attacker is simply accessing whatever data the user was already given access to. So, how are you supposed to spot inappropriate access when

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usecure appoints Clouds Dubai as usecure distributor in Middle East

usecure Distributor partnership sees security awareness training specialist expanding to the Middle East usecure Ltd, a leading provider of cybersecurity awareness training, has launched its channel partners in the Middle East by appointing Clouds Dubai as usecure distributor. The usecure distributor partnership with Clouds Dubai offers local support for both local partners and customers in

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Managing access to personal data for GDPR compliance

The European Union is touting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. From the 25th May 2018, all businesses that process and control personal data within the EU will need to comply with the GDPR or face massive fines. Non-compliance will either result in

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Identity Access Management with Ekran

Identity Access Management (IAM) is the necessary element of any reliable security control, allowing companies to know who exactly accessed their sensitive data and when, as well as secure access to information preventing unauthorized sessions. In addition to user activity monitoring, Ekran System features several in-built identity and access management software capabilities in order to

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Empower your Organization with Mobile workforce Management

Companies worldwide deal with huge volumes of information including customer data, customer billing information and information related to the business of the company itself. Business critical data is generated at almost every organizational endpoint lies with the mobile workforce which continues to stay unprotected against malicious activities such as theft, unauthorized share, copy and transfer

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Affordable Privileged User Monitoring

Privileged users are an essential part of any IT and business system. Accounts with escalated privileges have access to system configuration, user management and permission management. Typically they have extended access to critical applications, sensitive systems and data. This makes privileged user monitoring very important. Comprehensive privileged user monitoring and audit are critical components of

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What is Cryptojacking & ways to avoid this attack

Monero, Coinhive, cryptojacking, website script injections to mine cryptocurrency. What’s all the fuss? It’s time someone posted a simple, easy to follow explanation of why everyone is talking about this and why you should also upgrade your security. The short story: online thieves can now steal your money and your information, while also driving up your

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Overcoming Security Risk in Active Directory SSO

Working in IT is a constant battle to find the perfect balance of security and productivity. This is no better personified than in the need for Active Directory (AD) users to access multiple systems through the use of Single Sign-On (SSO) platforms. SSO solutions eliminate the need for users to remember a unique, complex password

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Coinhive Injections Are a Real Threat

Coinhive Injections attack can often bypass antivirus detection. Heimdal Security team has been monitoring the Coinhive malware for the past months. The recent information about Coinhive website injections is just the tip of the iceberg. Users are extremely exposed to the threat hitting their computer directly. Thousands of government websites, including the NHS, have been

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Active Directory logon control: 8 ways AD fails IT

Active Directory (AD) is more than just a repository of IDs and passwords; it’s the center of just about every bit of security in your network. Going beyond the rudimentary managing of permissions, AD establishes policies and controls over what privileges accounts have, and how those accounts can be used. But when it comes to

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Increase Employee Productivity with User Activity Monitoring

High employee productivity is vital for any business’s success, but productivity tends to decrease over time, and employees tend to require constant support to stay productive. According to a survey carried out by Webtorials, companies could be losing out on as much as $11,000 in potential annual revenue per employee because of low productivity. Though

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Key Indicators of Compromise

Organizations today live in a world where the threat of compromise is ever-present, ever-changing, and ever-growing. Never before in the history of IT has there been so much focus on the need for security and indicators of compromise – so much so, that it’s become an integral criteria when vetting, discussing, or choosing new solutions,

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2nd generation threat tool

Heimdal CORP is a 2nd generation threat tool with it’s engine acting like a funnel to proactively reduce the number of cyber threats that target the endpoints until their impact is negligible. Heimdal CORP was built as a lightweight client that packs the power of 3 key engines (DARKLayer-Guard, VectorN Detection & Software Management) with

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Access security and concurrent login control for networks

Powerful protection for all Windows Active Directory domain logins, even when credentials are compromised. UserLock helps administrators to manage and secure login control for every user, without obstructing employees or frustrating IT. UserLock limits concurrent logins, restricts access, monitors, alerts and reports on session activity throughout the corporate Windows network. UserLock centralizes & audits all

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Server Monitoring made simple

Affordable Server Monitoring & Recording Solution Windows & Linux Server Monitoring can be done in a cost-effective way with indexed video and audio recording of each session with server monitoring tools for physical and virtual servers. Ekran System is a powerful yet cost-effective software tool for Windows & Linux Server Monitoring. Indexed video recording of

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Employee Behavior Monitoring with inDefend

Detect and Control User Behavior changes with Behavior Monitoring & Analysis Software inDefend is an integrated end-point security offering that help organizations detect human behavior well before incidents occur, including time spent by end-users in productive and unproductive work, sensitive online searches and chats, and various activities in obscured mode to generate actionable cyber intelligence

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Virtual Desktop Monitoring (Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix)

Virtual Desktop Monitoring made easy with Ekran System Ekran System can help you to organize virtual desktop monitoring and user session recording in environments like Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, or Citrix. Virtualization-ready monitoring agents and unique floating licensing make your Ekran System deployment efficient and affordable. Virtual Desktop Monitoring solution records on-screen activity within user sessions

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DLP is not enough for Cybersecurity

Insider threat landscape In today’s modern world, we are constantly trying to attain a seamless business execution leveraging cloud, mobility and other growth channels. While we are constantly engaging ourselves in addressing risks pertaining to cyber-attacks, intrusions, company reputation and retaining customer and external threats and DLP seems to be the optimum solution adopted by

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Employee Computer Monitoring Software

Universal employee computer monitoring software Employee computer monitoring is an important component of an enterprise security system and a part of compliance norms, specifically for employees with escalated privileges and those working with sensitive data. You can set up non-intrusive monitoring of employee activity on servers and PCs with enhanced access control to detect fraud

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Visit us for GITEX 2017

We are participating at 37th GITEX Technology Week to be held at Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition center from 8 to 12 October 2017. Our security consultants will be present with our vendors at Stand No.C2-12 in Hall No.2. Visit us to know more about our IT Security solutions that will help organizations stay protected

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Visibility and insight into all file activity on the company network

How FileAudit offers real-time visibility and insights into what exactly is happening on file activity with network files and folders. FileAudit constantly examines and records file activity of read/write/delete accesses (or access attempts), file ownership changes, and permission modifications, so IT or management can immediately address any inappropriate accesses. Agentless, remote and non-intrusive; FileAudit offers an

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Monitor and Record RDP and Terminal Sessions on Windows

RECORD ALL – terminal, remote (Record RDP), and local user sessions. Ekran System perfectly fits Windows user desktops and Windows server monitoring and audit needs by recording a multitude of user sessions on all end-points with an affordable solution. Windows workstation Monitoring Installed on a Windows-based PC, Ekran System controls any user activity recording remote

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VectorN Detection for Second Generation Malware

Heimdal CORP users can enjoy the benefits of machine learning insights that fuel even stronger protection against advanced and sophisticated malware. Heimdal announces the launch of a landmark enhancement to DarkLayer GUARD engine, called VectorN Detection. This is the result of coordinated, hard work between the Heimdal team and strategic partners that share the same values and dedication

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Visit us for GISEC 2017

Clouds Dubai is participating for GISEC 2017 at Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition center. Our security consultants will be present with our vendor at Stand No.26 in Zabeel Hall No.5. Visit us at GISEC to know more about practical ways of staying secure in today’s world where attacks on Middle East companies are growing on

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Third-party monitoring & Audit

The amount of insider-based attacks on corporate data and the resultant losses to affected businesses is continuing to rise exponentially. The negative effect on the victims makes recovery difficult and the impact long-lasting. In 2016, up to 90% of surveyed security specialists named “human behavior” as the biggest threat to their organizations. The insider threat

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Stop malware at the entry point

Email is the main source of malware entry for any organization as more than 85% of the malware comes through email. By having a solution that prevents emails with malicious link or attachment before it enters your network can help organizations stop malware to stay secure. Cloud Email Firewall will analyze emails to identify spam

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Ransomware Decryption Tools

Free Ransomware decryption tools to help users infected by Ransomware infections. Free Ransomware Decryption Tools Many users falling victims for Ransomware infections on a regular basis. These free tools for decryption will help you decode your data without paying the ransom. Some of the decryption tools are easy to use, while others require a bit more

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Stay protected from Ransomware attacks

Ransomware infections are on the rise in the Middle East and a lot of customers are falling victims to Ransomware attacks on a daily basis. This article takes a look at how organizations can stay protected against Ransomware without spending a huge amount of money. There are 2 types of Ransomware – (1) Ransomware that