NEWS
Cisco launches a comprehensive security
architecture for Industrial IoT
Networks have become the foundational
backbone for the operational technology
(OT) that underpins critical infrastructure
including energy, transportation and
manufacturing. Organisations increasingly
require real-time access into the data these
systems hold to improve production, manage
costs and enhance safety metrics. Cisco has
introduced an IoT security architecture that
provides enhanced visibility across both IT
and OT environments and protects
industrial processes.
Cisco’s new solutions enable the collection
and extraction of data from the IoT Edge
so organisations can increase efficiencies
to make better business decisions and
accelerate digitisation projects.
“Organisations need complete visibility into
the most disparate of network environments
in order to secure their industrial edge,
lower the risk of cyberthreats and optimise
industrial processes,” said Osama Al-Zoubi,
Cisco CTO for Middle East and Africa.
Cisco’s new IoT security architecture
innovations include securing the Industrial
Network Environment. Cisco Cyber Vision
is the first software-based security solution
for automated discovery of industrial assets
delivered via Cisco’s Industrial IoT (IIoT)
networking portfolio.
Osama Al-Zoubi,
Cisco CTO for Middle
East and Africa
Cisco Cyber Vision analyses traffic from
connected assets, creates segmentation
policies in Cisco ISE and DNA Centre
to prevent lateral movement of threats
across the operational environments and is
powered by Cisco Talos’ threat intelligence.
This provides real-time monitoring of
cybersecurity threats to industrial assets and
processes that impact uptime, productivity
and safety.
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Zain Group signs MoU with Commercial Bank of
Kuwait to provide data centre services
Zain Group has signed a MoU with the
Commercial Bank of Kuwait to provide cloud
solutions and data centre services
Kuwait-based Zain Group has
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Commercial
Bank of Kuwait to provide
cloud solutions and data centre
services to aid the bank’s Digital
Transformation journey.
The telecom company said that
it will provide a set of the latest
innovative cloud solutions to
enhance the digital infrastructure
of Commercial Bank, which includes the
services of Zain Business Centre for data
hosting, such as the bank data storage
service, and the provision of information
protection and communications services.
The MoU will include providing services for
managing cables and protecting data and
through a secure infrastructure consisting
of a set of equipment, technologies and
security measures.
“The MoU that we signed with Commercial
Bank represents another step for us in our
continuous co-operation with the corporate
sector, through which we will establish
common foundations to explore new
horizons in the areas of smart solutions
and digital innovation,” said Vice Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Zain Group,
Nasser Al-Kharafi.
“Through this agreement, Zain will provide
technical support and the latest
digital solutions, to assist Commercial
Bank in employing modern
technologies that serve its strategy
towards Digital Transformation,
as the company will volunteer
its technological capabilities to
enhance the efforts of Commercial
Bank management in building an
integrated digital infrastructure to
keep pace with developments that
the banking industry is witnessing.”
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