August 19, 2020
Ensuring reliable network connectivity with high availability load balancing
High availability, which is the ability of a system or system component to be continuously operational for a desirably long period of time, can help IT departments implement an architecture that uses redundancy and fault tolerance to enable continuous operation and fast disaster recovery. This is true for every element of the data centre.
August 19, 2020
Phishing in a pandemic: How to combat social engineering attacks
More people are now working from home, and they are connecting back into the office from their home networks, and quite often, using their personal computers. Attackers are looking to target these users’ devices as a way into the corporate network or cloud. They attempt to lure unsuspecting victims into going to malicious sites.
August 18, 2020
AI will upsurge retail competitiveness and sustain long-term growth
Retailers were not prepared to make the sudden and swift changes for various reasons and had ill-prepared IT environments. Many were not equipped with online and e-Commerce platforms which would be the most appropriate way to conduct business during a lockdown. It was e-Commerce giants and local online platforms that utilized the situation to their advantage.
August 16, 2020
Etihad ESCO to join Moro Hub state-of-the-art Smart Cities Control Centre
Moro Hub's Smart Cities Command and Control Centre provides services in Intelligent IoT Platforms, Cyber Security and Managed Services to support the Government and Enterprise customers in their digital transformation journey. The agreement was signed by Mohamed Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub and Ali Al Jassim, CEO of Etihad Energy Services (Etihad ESCO).
August 15, 2020
From risk reduction to unleashing new possibilities
One of the biggest threats to business continuity is, of course, cybercrime – most notably ransomware. A report produced by Cybersecurity Ventures claims that an organization will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds in 2021.Given that the average ransomware payment being made jumped by around one-third at the start of 2019 to $111,000.