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Capital Governorate opens Batelco Business Centre
strategic direction to elevate its services especially for small and medium enterprises ( SMEs ), which play a vital role in the national economy . The Business Centre is located close to the main business area , and will serve a larger enterprise segment .
Al Khalifa , stated : “ It gives me great pleasure to be present at the launch of Batelco ’ s Business Centre in the Kingdom of Bahrain , which marks a new phase in the way services are provided to this vital sector of the national economy , as SMEs represent about 93 % of the total number of local companies .”
HE Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa , Governor of the Capital Governorate , recently officially opened Batelco ’ s first Business Centre at The Avenues Mall in the presence of a number of Batelco ’ s executive management . The move is in line with Batelco ’ s
Mikkel Vinter , CEO , Batelco , said : “ We are pleased to launch Batelco ’ s first Business Centre concept which will benefit SMEs through a fully integrated experience in line with the needs of this sector . This is an important step in the company ’ s strategy to further support the enterprise sector by providing relevant services to enable the efficient performance of their business .”
Check Point Software expands unified cloud security platform
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd , a global provider of cybersecurity solutions globally , has extended the capabilities of its unified CloudGuard Cloud Native Security platform with the launch of new CloudGuard Application Security ( AppSec ), a fully automated web application and API protection solution , enabling enterprises to secure all their cloud-native applications against both known and zero-day attacks .
CloudGuard AppSec , part of the CloudGuard Workload Protection capabilities , eliminates the need for manual tuning and high rate of false-positive alerts associated with legacy Web application firewalls ( WAFs ), using contextual AI to prevent attacks from impacting cloud applications and enabling enterprises to take full advantage of cloud speed and agility .
Web application breaches doubled in 2020 but legacy rule based WAFs cannot keep up with the speed at which today ’ s cloud-native applications evolve .
“ Web applications are increasingly targeted by criminals , but traditional WAFs are simply unable to keep pace with the speed at which today ’ s cloud apps change and demand constant manual management , which leaves organisations dangerously exposed to attacks and costly breaches ,” said TJ Gonen , Head , Cloud Product Line , Check Point Software . “ Our strategy is to help enterprises secure their most critical workloads , their applications and data .” p
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