NEWS
Creativity Kuwait development team
participates in CPES Hackathon
C
reativity Kuwait, a premium mobile
application and web development
company, has participated in a hackathon
event. The company, which has developed
cloud-based customised software for various
industries, took part in such an event for the
first time.
The ‘Team of Creativity’ had a rewarding
experience participating in the first-ever
hackathon organised by CPES at Tribe
Coworking Space in Kuwait.
The CPES Hackathon lasted for 12 hours
and saw the team from Creativity Kuwait
compete with many others on different
types of projects from 9am to 9pm.The team
spent an intense half-day understanding
the requirements, making a plan for each
project, creating the wireframes and
database structures, designing the UI and
then coding. the estimated duration to the client. In a
hackathon one is clueless about the scope of
the tasks.”
The CPES Hackathon is a competition
between groups of developers and designers
and participating teams can choose whether
to develop a web or mobile application or
any kind of software on the provided theme. Ahmad Ashour, Managing Director,
Creativity, said: “I want my team to adapt
to the latest technology – hence why we
decided to participate in the hackathon.”
Participants can feel free to use any type of
computer programming languages.
Creativity’s team was the first to finish the
complete project and scored full points.
Muslim Galiakot, Project Manager, Creativity,
said “For an outsourced project, we get time
to evaluate the requirements and provide
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Sectigo to help Middle East
companies tackle cyberthreats
S
ectigo (formerly Comodo CA), a leading
commercial certificate authority and
a leader in web security solutions, has
announced expansion into the Middle East.
Enterprises in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait,
Jordan, Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and United Arab Emirates, will have
the opportunity to advance their digital
identity strategies using Sectigo web security
solutions in combination with best-practice
consulting services.
Victor Schooling, Regional Director,
Middle East and Africa, Sectigo, said:
“Business email compromise (BEC)
attacks are on the rise. In 2018, spoofing
or BEC attacks rose 250% and spear-
phishing attacks in companies saw a
70% increase.
“Organisations throughout the Gulf
states and Jordan are eager for email
encryption and digital signing solutions that
minimise these and other risks.
We’ve chosen our initial Middle East
partners for their excellent reputations
and commitment to addressing important
cybersecurity challenges.”
Sectigo solutions will be available in the
Middle East through market-leading
partners, including BroadBITS, Checksum
Consultancy Co. and Hayyan Horizons.
Enterprises will have access to the
company’s Secure Email Certificates (S/
MIME), Private CA and Certificate Manager.
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