NEWS
KSA
STC launches Oracle for resource
planning on cloud environment
required to complete operational
procedures such as accounting,
procurement, finance, and human
resources, all of which provide
increased value added services and
a tighter data security level.
In the past, STC Solutions has taken
on complex cloud projects, with
work for the Kingdom’s Ministry
of Interior, (NEMO) Network
Modernization, Information
Technology Communications
Complex (ITCC), King Abdullah
Financial District (KAFD), Tatweer
and others.
The Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
has announced the launch of Oraclebased system service for resource
planning on the cloud with the aim
to serve its own affiliates.
By launching this service, STC
affiliates will be able to liaise
all resources, data and activities
STC Solutions has developed global
partnership with other industry
cloud providers such as HP, Fujitsu,
Symantec, DELL, Intel, Microsoft,
Juniper and Cisco.
KSA is biggest target
for cyber attacks in
EMEA
Saudi Arabia saw the highest proportion of cyber attacks
in the EMEA region, with 11% of the total attacks,
and about half directed against its oil and gas sector,
according to FireEye.
The data come from a new threat report from FireEye,
published this month, which details the findings of the firm’s
security researchers and response units. The report shows
Saudi Arabia has become a prominent target for online
attacks, ahead of the largest European countries, according
to Darren Gale, EMEA lead for Mandiant Consulting Services
and network and endpoint forensics at FireEye.
Saudi Arabia’s oil production was the clear target, he said:
“About 50% of the attacks were related to the energy
and utilities sector – as you would expect, with oil being a
strategically important commodity for most of the world’s
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economies, information relating to the oil and gas sector
is particularly valuable, whether that’s a commercial
espionage approach, or business process, commodities
trading, or more from a government strategy perspective.”
According to the report, the kingdom’s educational
institutions also saw a lot of attacks: “Education, which
is always an easy target due to the liberal use of systems
and resources for students to learn, allows attackers a
perfect ‘staging’ environment, where they can have
control of a system to launch a secondary (and more
important) attack which was typically their ultimate goal,”
he said.
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