SECURITY SPOTLIGHT
The RCS Summit covered keynote
presentations, case studies, panel
discussions, and technology showcases
and demos to enhance the knowledge
and understanding of all delegates and
attendees to deal with various aspects of
cyberthreats and digital security issues. fingerprint-scanning and just under 1% had
adopted facial recognition. Additionally,
41% admitted to having clicked on links
within unsolicited emails from unknown
parties and just over 61% said their
organisation did not yet have a data-
classification solution in place.
Mohamed Zayed, Cybersecurity Lead for
Microsoft Kuwait, delivered a keynote
session titled ‘The Culture Transformation
for Identities and Information Protection
in a Cloud Era’ that was focused on how
organisations can improve their security by
moving to the intelligent cloud, adopting
modern platforms, and embracing
comprehensive identity, security and
management solutions to drive a secure
Digital Transformation. He also highlighted the
importance of building a culture of data and
information security across the organisations. “The past few years have seen a rise in
cyberattacks in the region and around
the world,” said Charles Nahas, General
A recent Microsoft study surveyed nearly
1,000 GCC-based organisations and found
that over 80% of large Gulf enterprises
were still using usernames and passwords
as the exclusive means of log-in to
corporate networks. While 11% use multi-
factor authentication, 7% reported using
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Manager, Microsoft Kuwait. “Organisations
must act now to secure their business
environment and protect their customers.
A holistic approach to security is key and
must involve an end-to-end solution from
the cloud to the edge, by a trusted provider.
Microsoft has placed trust at the core its
organisation, and we build security from
the ground-up in our solutions to deliver
the promise of guarding the digital estates
of our customers, while they continue to
achieve more with no boundaries. The
RCS Summit is an ideal platform for us to
highlight how our security technologies work
in concert with each other to deliver a holistic
security platform.”
Microsoft spends US$1 billion annually on
cybersecurity R&D; to protect its customers
with constant vigilance through some of
the industry’s most trusted practices. With
the recent uptake in demand for its trusted
cloud services, Microsoft earlier this year
announced that it will deliver the secure,
flexible and intelligent cloud for its regional
customers through two dedicated cloud
datacentres, one in Dubai and one in Abu
Dhabi; catering specifically to enterprises in
the Middle East. n
The key event was hosted by the
Communications and information
Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA)
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