“International markets are extremely strategic for us, and I am ecstatic to have Cherif join us to lead our business in the EMEA region,” said Saket Modi, Co-founder & CEO, Safe Security.

According to data from Check Point Research, ransomware attacks in the UAE increased by 16% in June since the beginning of the year and globally the average number of ransomware attacks increased each week by 20% in May and April, by 41% in the first half of the year and 93% in the last 12 months.

Expert instructors will help participants develop skills in topics such as network penetration testing, advanced incident response and threat hunting to defend their organisations against ever-increasing cyber threats. ‘SANS Summer Dunes August 2021 Live Online’ will feature two new GIAC-certified courses: ICS410: ICS/SCADA Security Essentials, aiming cybersecurity professionals; and MGT551 Managing a Security Operations Centre (SOC), aimed at buliding SOCs.

Kevin Taylor, Senior Vice President, FireEye Mandiant: “We are pleased to be working with Alpine F1 Team to help protect its employees and intellectual property behind its F1 car with the latest Mandiant cybersecurity solutions.’’

“Phishing and impersonation attacks are getting more sophisticated, personalized and harder to stop. If not prevented, these attacks can have devastating results for an enterprise organization,” said Josh Douglas, VP of Mimecast.