Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 54 | Page 19

One Identity helps secure critical infrastructure providers transitioning to a remote workforce As critical organisations rush to enable as many remote workers as possible, best practices for keeping users secure have become an ongoing challenge. To help, One Identity, a proven leader in identity-centred security, is offering free use of One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions for six months to all critical infrastructure providers. Organisations rely on privileged IT users to configure systems and perform vital functions so their enterprises stay up and running. If this privileged access is not controlled as it shifts to remote administration, they will face heightened risk. Unmanaged privileged access opens the door to attackers who can leverage it to steal data or compromise systems. NEWS One Identity’s Safeguard for Privileged Sessions enables organisations to reduce this risk by monitoring and managing privileged access without hindering productivity. The solution deploys quickly and mitigates risk of a security breach by monitoring and managing privileged access to an enterprise’s most critical systems. “These are unprecedented times and organisations across all industries are being pushed to adapt quickly with little guidance on how to do so, potentially leaving them vulnerable,” said David Earhart, President and General Manager of One Identity. “At One Identity we want to support those critical infrastructure providers who are being asked to do so much right now, by providing them the privileged access management capabilities they need to keep their systems secure without getting in the way of their essential missions.” ///////////////// UNESCO and Huawei collaborate on online education support during COVID-19 including UNESCO IITE and UNESCO- ICHEI. Leaders and experts from global enterprises and universities were invited to share their practice and challenges in online education during the COVID-19 crisis. They also discussed feasible solutions that can ensure both education continuity and online education quality when schools and universities are closed. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak, UNESCO launched the Global Education Coalition, in which international organisations, civil society and enterprises are engaged to ensure that “Learning never stops.” As one of the Coalition members, Huawei has been dedicated to bringing the benefits of technology to everyone. Huawei recently held a live webinar for online higher education to help ensure continuous online education during the suspension of schools and universities. The webinar, as a special part of Huawei’s Learn ON programme, was jointly organised by Huawei and its partners Wu Lintuo, Director of Education Partnership, Talent Ecosystem Development Dept Huawei, introduced an all-round solution to the new requirements of global Huawei Academies during COVID-19. During the sharing session, Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director for the Bureau of Education in Africa, UNESCO and Samuel Kinuthia from Zetech University of Kenya, as well as other experts from global higher educational institutions, introduced their experience in developing online education schemes and organising online learning. • www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 19