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SECURITY NEWS
OryxLabs report evaluates email security of organisations across the UAE for the first time

OryxLabs , a leading UAE cybersecurity firm providing Internetscale platforms for monitoring and protection , has published a report that assigns an Email Authentication Deployment Score ( EADS ) at a national level in the UAE for the first time . This rating is based on actual network data that was collected , processed and analysed to give an accurate , on-the-ground account of the state of email authentication in the country .

The research paper , State of the Nation – Email Authentication in the UAE , is based on data drawn from over 1 million domains utilising the . AE extension . From that set , 134,000 domain names used for email exchanges in the UAE were selected for further analysis . The report utilised over 4 million Domain Name System ( DNS ) queries with more than 40 evaluation parameters per domain and an analysis of 5 million data points to paint the final picture of email security .
The score is based on the implementation – or lack thereof – of three fundamental and complementary email security protocols : Sender Policy Framework ( SPF ); Domain Keys Identified Mail ( DKIM ); and Domain-based Message Authentication , Reporting and Conformance ( DMARC ). Working together , these protocols help ensure emails purporting to be from an organisation actually come from the organisation and that they haven ’ t been tampered with in transit .
Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert receives strategic leader status

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and

Response Expert has received Strategic Leader status after comprehensive testing by AV-Comparatives . The recognition is for automatically stopping every attack , reporting them correctly , and the consistent mapping of MITRE ’ s tactics , techniques , and procedures ( TTPs ). Testers also praised the product for both high return on investment , and low total cost of ownership ( TCO ). The product also entered the Top-3 of participants with best results in the “ Prevention \ Response Capability ” category .
“ Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert was able to protect against all the targeted attacks during the assessment , before the threats could progress inside and infiltrate the organisation ’ s network . It demonstrated both cumulative Active and Passive Response rates at 100 %,” commented Andreas Clementi , CEO and Founder , AV-Comparatives .
Alexander Liskin , Head of Threat Research at Kaspersky , said : “ We are pleased to receive the new confirmation about the true capabilities of Kaspersky EDR to actively protect enterprise infrastructure from targeted attacks . We participate in such complex assessments to independently verify that we develop the efficient technologies inside the security solutions , and we are ready to protect customers ’ corporate networks .”
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