Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 26 | Page 8

NEWS H H Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed announced as LinkedIn Influencer L inkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has announced that His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has been named a LinkedIn Influencer. eHosting DataFort achieves new accreditation for its cyber defence centre in Dubai Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort Including top players from the country’s professional landscape, LinkedIn Influencers are selected to join this exclusive programme by invitation only and comprise a global collective of 500 plus of the world’s foremost thinkers, leaders and innovators. On social media the Crown Prince has discussed how the UAE has emerged as a global model for development, a platform for testing future technologies and a force for shaping the future. He also touched upon the unlimited potential of the youth as the driving force for the ‘UAE of the Future’. Since expanding his already active social presence and joining the platform in April this year to communicate with the public and keep them updated with projects and initiatives, HH Sheikh Hamdan has achieved a remarkable increase in followers. On joining, he emphasised the emirate’s efforts to connect with people wherever they are, through social media platforms. The Crown Prince’s reach is global, with his followers spanning from the UAE to the UK, US and India. 8 INTELLIGENTCIO e Hosting DataFort (eHDF), a leading cloud infrastructure, managed hosting and security services provider, has announced the certificate of achievement (CREST Maturity Model) for its Cyber Defence Centre (CDC)/ Security Operation Centre (SOC) based in Dubai Internet City. The Cyber Security Incident Response Certificate demonstrates the maturity level of eHDF’s CDC/SOC and showcases the effective procedures the company has in place in helping customers to detect, contain, eradicate and recover from significant cybersecurity incidents in an effective manner. CREST provides standards and qualifications for companies and individuals providing security services. The certificate is designed to provide customers with confidence that the managed security services provider that they deal with has the necessary defences to protect their information against the most common cyber threats. eHDF managed to complete the stringent certification process in a record time within few weeks due to the existing compliance with other industry standards. “Having started our Cyber Defence Centre earlier this year, we have moved towards solidifying our customer confidence not only with our technology and services, but also with our continuous efforts in raising the bar by offering a complete set of security services,” said, Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort. www.intelligentcio.com