NEWS
Mobily encourages
development of 5G and IoT
App technology
ITC launches
managed
security services
around the clock
I
TC (Integrated Telecommunications
Company), a leading telecommunications
and IT company, has announced that it has
expanded its information security services
by launching a new set of Managed Security
Services (MSS). This will help organisations
monitor and detect threats, deal with
incidents and manage cybersecurity risks.
MSS provides proactive security monitoring
for network devices, endpoints, cloud-
based environments and SAAS software.
By leveraging the company’s extensive
knowledge in the field of communications
and IT, ITC will provide this service to
address the unique concerns and lack of
security resources in the Saudi market, as
well as providing real-time threat visibility.
The company is taking this step at a time
when the management of all information
security technologies is a daunting task for
many, making it very difficult to monitor all
threats and mitigate their effects.
E
tihad Etisalat, under its brand name
‘Mobily’, has announced the winning
projects of the Collegiate Competition for
5G and IoT applications, held in Riyadh.
The competition was in collaboration
with Ericsson and Intel, and aimed at
creating an interactive programme for
university students in order to maximise
the use of IoT technologies, both locally
and globally.
Prince Sattam University in Alkharj won
first place with the ‘Save Now’ project;
Shaqra University came in second with
its ‘Intelligent Irrigation System’ project;
while King Abdulaziz University ranked
third with the ‘Blind Guide’ project.
Salman Al-Badran, CEO of Mobily,
congratulated the winning universities
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and praised their submissions as creative
and technologically sophisticated ideas,
as they represented the development of
technology for the good of the country
and society.
He also expressed his thanks and
appreciation to Saudi universities and their
role in supporting such competitions and
valued the high engagement rate shown by
students towards technological progress.
The competition stems from Mobily’s and
Ericsson’s keenness to develop and adapt
the latest technologies as well as witness
the high engagement from students who
saw it as an opportunity to realise their
aspirations, enrich their creative ideas
and stay abreast of developments in the
digital and technical transformation of
the Kingdom.
“Many Saudi companies have expressed
frustration at the lack of adequate
monitoring of threats and insufficient
attention from their managed service
provider,” said Ahmed Hassan, Head of
Corporate Communications at Etisalat.
“They do not have experience or know
how to adapt their support to the Saudi
market. Many companies still suffer from risk
management because they cannot improve
all security tools or simply do not have the
resources to monitor their output. Expanding
our services with information security
services, incident management, threat
intelligence, WAF, security management,
vulnerability testing and IT security
management will significantly increase
our ability to help our customers meet this
challenge by providing real-time, week-long
and 360-degree protection.”
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