NEWS
LogRhythm Appoints Cyber Security
Team in KSA
Recent reports have branded the
Middle East a magnet for some of
the world’s most damaging cyber-
attacks. Saudi Arabia, in particular,
has been subject to a slew of
damaging breaches, and just last
month the nation’s authorities issued
an alert for renewed attacks from
the 2012 virus that crippled 35,000
computers at oil giant Saudi Aramco.
In light of this escalation in threats,
security intelligence company
LogRhythm is expanding its presence
in the kingdom, and has appointed
three experts to help scale up its
footprint in region. appointing three experienced
professionals to manage and boost
our presence there,” says Mazen
Dohaji, regional director for Middle
East, Turkey and Africa at LogRhythm.
“LogRhythm’s Threat life-cycle
Management Platform helps
organisations rapidly detect, respond
to and neutralise threats before they
become incidents or major data
breaches. As part of our initiative
to set up dedicated cyber security
support for existing and prospective
customers in Saudi Arabia, we’re Businesses operating within the
Middle East are becoming increasingly
aware of the threats associated with
digitisation and are looking to step up
their security measures to safeguard
critical information infrastructures.
LogRhythm’s Threat life-cycle
Management Platform unifies next-
generation SIEM, log management,
network and endpoint monitoring, user
entity and behaviour analytics (UEBA),
security automation and orchestration
and advanced security analytics. ¡
The new appointments include
Omar Barakat as partner business
manager, Yasser Ali as sales manager
and Abdulrahman Aldalbahi as
technical systems engineer. The three
professionals are specialists who wield
extensive experience in the region
and a thorough understanding of the
cyber security needs of businesses
operating within Saudi Arabia.
Mobily conducts successful trial of LORA
LoRa, known as long range, low-
power wide area network technology
provides a lower cost connectivity
solution with broad coverage and
lower energy consumption. The trail on
LoRa Network has taken place in two
locations in Riyadh covering different
IoT applications of Smart Buildings
and Assets Tracking.
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has conducted
the first successful trial of LoRa –
LPWA network (Low Power Wide Area)
for IoT Applications in the Kingdom in
collaboration with CISCO Systems.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
Eng. Majed Alotaibi, SEO Strategic
Planning & Marketing at Mobily
said; “Mobily continues the path of
strengthening its pioneer position
by providing new and innovative
technologies in the Kingdom. IoT is
one of the main pillars of Mobily’s
strategy that will enable us as the
leading service provider in digital
transformation and play a major role
in the 2030 vision of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.”
Mobily Business is based on qualified
and highly efficient infrastructure,
with specialized and trusted technical
staff that manages its data centers
around the Kingdom. Providing
Telecom & IT solutions made Mobily
occupying top ranks regionally.
Mobily and CISCO Systems have
a long and successful history
of collaboration. Moreover; this
successful trial confirms the joint
commitment to introduce new
technologies and innovations to the
Saudi Market which leads to support
the growth and development of
national economy. ¡
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