TECH TALK
“GCC PHYSICAL
SECURITY
FRAMEWORK ENJOYS
HIGHER STANDARDS,
DICTATED BY
REGULATION, WHICH
HAS SECURED THESE
FACILITIES. HOWEVER,
THERE IS STILL A
LAG ON THE CYBER
ASPECT.”
Engineer “C)PTE); Certified Disaster
Recovery Engineer | “C)DRE”; Certified
Digital Forensics Engineer | “C)DFE” and
many other courses.
Looking at 2016/2017,
what does ITSEC see as the
main demands of end-user
enterprises in the region in
terms data centre security?
We see most of the demand for data
centre security in the region is focused
on anti-malware, threat protection.
However, data centre security is beyond
that. The actual physical security such
as access control and CCTV, physical
access, secure patching, penetration
testing, vulnerability assessment and
even environmental control system
are now need to be a part of the
comprehensive data centre security
framework.
IT SEC provides cyber security
solutions such as penetration testing,
vulnerability assessment, social
engineering, wireless & mobile security,
industrial control system & SCADA
security, digital & network forensic
services, web application security
assessment is just to name a few of our
services.
For example, a hacker easily can take
over an online EMS and disable the
HVAC units and the associated alarms
causing a overhearing of appliances or
using it as ransomware. Endpoint and
malware protection will not protect the
data centre in this instead. In 2016 the
attack surface has changed and security
framework for all data centre must be
reviewed and revised.
IT SEC also provides cyber security
certification through Mile2 the courses
such as Certified Penetration Testing
The Middle East is notorious
for a more reluctant
adoption of cloud/
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virtualised data centre
architecture than other
more developed markets.
How is IT SEC adequately
reassuring current and
potential clients that
workloads migrating off
of dedicated servers and
visibility into critical data
can remain secure?
The migration to a cloud based
solutions is inevitable. The ease of