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Extended Detection and Response is gaining traction by expanding its approach

In some of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, most industry analysts and other security experts are talking about the emergence of Extended Detection and Response, XDR, solutions. Gartner defines...

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In a first, UAE banks participate in a simulation drill to test cyber resilience

In a first-of-its-kind exercise in the UAE, Central Bank of the UAE, CBUAE, and UAE Banks Federation, UBF, in collaboration with KPMG Lower Gulf conducted a cyber war gaming exercise, a simulation drill designe...

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Breaches in 2021 are poised to expose more data than ever, Acronis research

Acronis has issued a warning that, based on their research of recent cyberattack trends and existing business practices, organisations around the world currently face a global threat to data privacy and securit...

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Ponemon Institute, FireEye report reveals worsening RoI of SOC investments

FireEye has released the Second Annual Study on the Economics of Security Operations Centres: What is the True Cost for Effective Results? report from Ponemon Institute. The report finds that organisations are ...

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36% UAE entrepreneurs increased digital marketing activities, GoDaddy 2020 survey

GoDaddy has released the results of its 2020 Entrepreneur Survey, which revealed that small businesses in the UAE are quite agile in adapting to the trying times of 2020. 36% of UAE entrepreneurs have increased...

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Future IT Summit adds Mansoor Hanif of NEOM to its speaker line-up 

Global CIO Forum is pleased to announce Mansoor Hanif as a speaker for its 7th edition of Future IT Summit to be held on March 22. Hanif is the Executive Director of Engineering in the Technology and Digital se...

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Global CIO Forum announces keynote speaker for Future IT Summit 2021

Global CIO Forum has announced HE Hussain Mohammed Al Mahmoudi as the keynote speaker for Future IT Summit. The event will be held in Sharjah on March 22, 2021 in the presence of key government and private sect...

Reboot Unite CIO Meet at LAVO, Singapore 

GCF holds Reboot Unite CIO Meet on wellbeing in Singapore

On January 29, the Global CIO Forum held its Reboot Unite CIO Meet at LAVO in Singapore. The theme of the meeting was wellbeing. The CIOs discussed and shared their experiences on handling stress. They spoke ab...

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Future IT Summit 2021 will be held on March 22, 2021

GCC’s most awaited and the largest gathering of IT leaders and decision makers, Future IT Summit, is back as a hybrid event. The in-person event will be held in Sharjah, UAE in the presence of key government an...

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GCF holds its first Reboot event on work-life balance

On January 27, the Global CIO Forum launched its first Unite CIO Meet, a part of its new initiative, Reboot. The theme of the first event held in UAE was work-life balance. GCF Reboot focuses on striking an equ...