ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
Data is the new
oil of today’s
economy, as
essential to
modern business
as steel, motors
and coal were
to the last
great industrial
revolution.
Mohammed Abukhater,
Regional Director, Middle
East and Africa, FireEye
verification before being moved to a final
repository for further investigation. In this
way, organisations can protect themselves
from external threats.
Integrating platforms that collect
data and physical IT equipment are
other ways to boost an organisation’s
defences. Taking it a step further,
organisations can now use advanced
external platforms such as security
information and event management
(SIEM) platforms equipped with threat
analytical platforms (TAP), extending
beyond traditional SIEM as a Service
capabilities by providing advanced
security analytics and agile, sub-second
search to streamline and accelerate
incident investigation. Eventually, this
can then assist in recognising and alerting
incident respondents to threats more
efficiently and effectively. Information
on potential back doors and entry paths
for attackers can be fed into the system
as intelligence and acted on as a threat
emerges. Identifying and responding to
security issues in such a way can prevent
data loss and protect Big Data systems
from attacks in the future as well.
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Mohammed Abukhater, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa, FireEye.
Applying attribute-based encryption
(ABE) can safeguard data from
unauthorised users and improve access
controls to protect sensitive data.
Organisations should aim to set clear and
consistent standards for data security,
ensuring technology and employees
follow them.
CONDO PROTEGO
Savitha Bhaskar, COO,
Condo Protego
Middle East channel partners see a major
market opportunity for Big Data analytics
solutions, especially as organisations are
increasingly looking to leverage Big Data
analytics to drive new levels of operational
efficiency, customer experiences and new
digital business models.
With the exponential growth in data
from sensors, mobile devices, machines
and business applications, along with
increasing regulatory pressure from new
legislation, never before have Middle East
organisations faced greater urgency to
know what data they have, and how to
manage it properly in order to drive better
and faster decision-making.
The biggest challenges facing Middle
East CIOs is awareness about which
data analytics solutions meet their
long-term business needs. Middle East
channel partners should work closely
with their customers’ Chief Data Officer,
firstly to sell the business value of digital
transformation, built on actionable
and accessible information. This starts
with an organisation’s ability to retain
relevant data and transform it into useable
information, to make higher-level strategic
decisions on the direction of its business.
Training is vital for channel partners and
their customers alike, especially as the field
of Big Data analytics transitions so rapidly.
Vendor channel management teams are at
the cutting-edge of both industry trends
and new solutions, and they need to help
channel partners to constantly refresh their
consultants’ staff skills through online and
classroom training.
As one of the Middle East’s leading
information management and IT
infrastructure consultancies and solutions
providers, Condo Protego has seen strong
success on leveraging Big Data solutions
from industry-leading vendors such as
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INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS