Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 38 | Page 9

NEWS Egyptian ministry and Avaya commit to Digital Transformation supports innovation through locally sourced research and talent, to a new qualification programme for the latest smart platforms and Avaya technologies. This will be rolled out in co-operation with the National Institute for Communications Regulation and the ITTi Institute. (L) Nidal Abou-Ltaif, President, Avaya International and (R) Dr Amr Talaat, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr Talaat remarked on the importance that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology places on co- operating with major international companies specialised in next- generation technology solutions. A At the meeting, he said that the country’s partnership with Avaya contributes to the building of a ‘digital Egypt’, stressing that Digital Transformation is essential to improving the quality of government services and the country’s productive capacity. Abou-Ltaif added that he looks forward to further co-operation with the ministry. The two discussed topics ranging from a software development centre opened by Avaya, which will create an environment that The meeting was also attended by Dr Abeer Shaqwer, Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Community Responsibility and Services and CEO of the National Academy for Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities, and Ahmed Fayed, Country Manager – Egypt and Libya, Avaya. vaya and an Egyptian ministry have declared their commitment to the country’s Digital Transformation. Dr Amr Talaat, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has met with Nidal Abou-Ltaif, President, Avaya International, with both affirming their commitment to Egypt’s Digital Transformation. ///////////////// Cisco launches a comprehensive security architecture for Industrial IoT N etworks have become the foundational backbone for the operational technology (OT) that underpins critical infrastructure including energy, transportation and manufacturing. 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. 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 www.intelligentcio.com 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 in order to secure their industrial edge, lower the risk of cyberthreats and optimise 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. INTELLIGENTCIO 9