Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 50 | Page 15

Ooredoo Kuwait awarded ‘Best Digital Service’ for ANA at Telecoms World Middle East Awards O oredoo Kuwait has won the ‘Best Digital Service’ award at the Telecoms World Middle East Awards 2019 that took place in Dubai. Ooredoo was able to secure the award for Best Digital Service for ANA, the first operator to provide personalised mobile plans to enrich customers’ digital lives in partnership with Matrixx Software, a Silicon Valley-based company that specialises in advanced mobile software, to digitally transform the mobile experience for mobile customers in Kuwait. ANA specialises in helping mobile customers buy, manage, share and pay for digital services. Ooredoo was the first operator in the Kuwait market to launch such a service, which provides an all-digital, individually customised mobile product that gives customers complete control of their mobile plans and digital worlds, and makes it easier to buy, use and pay for Ooredoo services directly from their mobile phones. Yousef Al-Shallal, Marketing Communications Director at Ooredoo Kuwait Yousef, said: “ANA enriches our customers’ digital experiences with the freedom to choose and customise the digital package that fits their needs through features like eSIM, roaming and booster packs. Customers can create their own mobile number, make appointments, track health and pay bills. We are proud to push the digital experience boundaries for our customers, bringing the best of Silicon Valley through our partnership with Matrixx.” ///////////////// Mimecast Threat Intelligence Report analyses 99 billion rejected emails M imecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced the availability of its quarterly Threat Intelligence Report: Risk and Resilience Insights. they can better prepare for and protect themselves against threats inside, at and beyond the perimeter. “Threat actors seek numerous ways into an organisation, from using sophisticated tactics, like voice phishing and domain spoofing, to simple attacks like spam,” said Josh Douglas, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Mimecast. The report provides technical analysis from the Mimecast Threat Centre from July to September 2019 on the nature of attack campaigns in addition to observations and analysis of evolving threats. Outlining the trends emerging from these identified attacks and assessing the current behaviour of threat actors can help organisations better understand the impact these factors will have on the cybersecurity landscape in 2020. The Mimecast Threat Intelligence Report includes analysis of 207 billion emails processed by Mimecast, 99 billion of which were rejected. The report keeps www.intelligentcio.com “This quarter’s research found that the majority of threats were simple, sheer volume attacks. Easy to execute, but not as easy to protect against as it shines a very bright light on the role human error could play in an organisation’s vulnerability.” Josh Douglas, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Mimecast organisations informed on the threats that are targeting their industries, so For the full Threat Intelligence Report, visit www.mimecast.com/ threat-intelligence-report/?utm_ source=pr&utm_medium=pr&utm_ campaign=7013l000000TeZrAAK. INTELLIGENTCIO 15