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We’re Growing in 2024!

Posted on January 10, 2024 by anneaketch - Blogs, Hot Topic

Upskill and Grow With Storyals & Cobweb

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Anne Aketch

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10/01/2024

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Our journey into 2024 has been marked by a fantastic beginning, as we proudly introduce Storyals – the Swedish digital employee upskilling program – to our expanding product range. With this modern training program, you can continuously inspire, motivate, and educate your workforce on new digital ways of working with Microsoft 365.

Storyals’ world-class training features unique on-demand courses and instructor-led programs. These help organizations build the vital digital skills for a modern workforce that is hyper productive, collaborative, and efficient.

There’s a range of Storyals programs to choose from and to suit all employee profiles from office workers, to front line staff and even leadership! They include:

Storyals Lite

This Teams App training, fits businesses looking for an easy and effective way to provide employees with continuous digital workplace training. Storyals integrates e-learning, chatbot technology, and in-person coaching to create an enjoyable and engaging learning experience.

Storyals Pro

This product will actively strengthen the digital competence of an entire organization and drive effective usage of Microsoft 365. It comes with the multi-award-winning learning management system LMS365 so clients can easily assign, track, and follow-up learning organization-wide.

Digital Leadership Program

This exclusive program complements an organization’s Storyals training product. It is targeted to professionals who need a more focused training plan to strengthen their digital leadership. Led by Storyals Productivity Coaches, attendees get a personalized training plan and 1-1 productivity coaching sessions. Included are workshops with their direct team to align on efficient ways of working.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Kick-start Program

The program complements an organization’s Storyals training product and is for those licensed for Microsoft 365 Copilot. The program gives employees a kick-start in using Microsoft’s AI-powered tools including Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot (former Bing Chat Enterprise). Users get expert guidance on best practices, security, tips for accelerating results, hands-on practice sessions, and feedback from their peers and coaches.

Turn A New Page On Digital Competencies:

This February, we’ll be hosting a webinar with Storyals on ‘Productivity with AI’. Get a head start on modern workplace efficiency for 2024.

Contact us now for a free solutions assessment.

To reach out to us, email at: sales.uae@cobweb.com or call us on +971 4 455 3100.

7 Steps to Zero Trust Security

Posted on December 11, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

7 Steps to Zero Trust Security: Your Complete Guide to Enhanced Cybersecurity

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Anne Aketch

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11/12/2023

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7 Steps to Zero Trust Security: Your Complete Guide to Enhanced Cybersecurity

In today’s ever evolving cyberthreat landscape, traditional security models are simply ineffective. Organizations are increasingly adopting the proactive and robust Zero Trust Security (ZTS) approach to safeguard sensitive data and systems. ZTS turns conventional security models on their heads by challenging the notion that everything inside the network is trustworthy. Instead, ZTS demands verification from everyone and everything trying to connect to resources, regardless of their location or network.

Step 1: Understanding Zero Trust Security

ZTS has one guiding principle – ‘never trust, always verify.’ This means that no user, system, or application can be trusted, even if they are within the corporate network. The underlying philosophy is to assume that threats exist both outside and inside the network, and security measures should be implemented accordingly.

Step 2: Identify & Classify Assets

Begin with a thorough inventory of all organizational assets including data, applications, devices, and users. Assets should be classified as critical or sensitive to determine the security required for each. This will lay the foundation for implementing targeted security controls based on each asset’s importance.

Step 3: Adopt ‘Least Privilege’ Approach

Implement the principle of least privilege, which restricts user and system access rights to the bare minimum needed to perform job functions. By limiting access, organizations will reduce the attack surface and minimize any damage resulting from a security breach. Regularly review and update access permissions to align with changing roles and responsibilities.

Step 4: Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Additionally,authentication is key to Zero Trust Security. Multi-Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of protection by requiring users to provide multiple forms of identification before accessing systems or data. This could include something the user knows (password), something the user has (smart card), or something the user is (biometric verification).

Step 5: Continuously Monitor & Analyze Network Traffic

Implement real-time monitoring and analysis of network traffic to detect and respond to potential security threats promptly. Utilize advanced threat detection tools such as machine learning, and behavior analytics to identify anomalies and potential breaches. Continuous monitoring is crucial to Zero Trust as it allows organizations to swiftly respond to security incidents.

Step 6: Embrace Micro-Segmentation

Segment the network into smaller, isolated units to limit lateral movement in the event of a security breach. This will ensure that even if one segment is compromised, the attacker’s ability to move laterally within the network is restricted. Micro-segmentation enhances overall network security and complements Zero Trust Security by erecting barriers between different parts of the network.

Step 7: Regularly Update Security Policies & Training Programs

Cyber security threats are constantly evolving so organizations must be vigilant in their security approach. Regularly update security policies and conduct comprehensive training programs for employees to ensure they understand the importance of Zero Trust Security and how to adhere to its protocols. Additionally, an informed and vigilant workforce is critical to a successful Zero Trust Security strategy.

The Rationale:

All in all,Zero Trust Security is a strategic shift in cybersecurity paradigms. By adopting a proactive and comprehensive approach to security, organizations can better protect their assets from a wide range of cyber threats. These seven steps are a roadmap for implementing Zero Trust Security, offering a layered defense strategy that mitigates risks and enhances overall cybersecurity posture. Remember, when it comes to cybersecurity, the only constant is change, and a well-implemented Zero Trust Security model can adapt and evolve to meet these dynamic challenges.

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Learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent.

Posted on November 28, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

3 Major Trends Are Driving External Collaboration

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Anne Aketch

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28/11/2023

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Learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent and 5 Sharing Risks in its Wake!

Collaboration is key to business growth. It’s a vital clog in today’s remote and hybrid working world, aiding efficiency, and enhancing staff recruitment and retention. And research shows collaboration is here to stay. Here’s why:

Collaborative companies are 30% more innovative and 36% more productive. Most importantly, they perform five times better than those who don’t collaborate.

75% of employees value workplace collaboration.
17% of employees who collaborate regularly have more job satisfaction and stay put.
50% of employees working collaboratively are more effective compared to those working independently.

There are three major trends now driving external collaboration:

Cloud Adoption
The Rise of the ‘Sharing Generation’
Globalization & Digitalization

Yet the sharing, collaborative landscape is getting riskier, according to ‘The State of Sharing 2023’ report from Tricent, creators of THE file sharing governance solution.

The report recognises the complexity of data governance. Although, it is essential and underlines how ungoverned file sharing presents serious business risks with sensitive data. This also includes business plans and medical records exposed to the wrong people.

The findings show:

The average employee shares 2 files per day – that is over 500 a year!
75% of shared files are given with editing permission
52% of an organization’s sensitive data is in SharePoint
63% of IT respondents say employees have accidentally shared files with unauthorized people.

File sharing is essential in today’s collaborative economy and Tricent advocates that it should be done in a manner aligned to company policy. This policy is integral and must take into consideration 5 top risks:

Security vulnerabilities
Data Leaks and Breaches
Data loss and un-governance
Employee data theft
Privacy issues

The Safer With Tricent Way:

Tricent has now focussed its solution to deliver Security, Compliance & Automation In Microsoft365.Microsoft’s robust security and Tricent’s secure solution complement your IT environment because of the dual secure layer that is provided. It complements Microsoft’s robust security and collaboration features by delivering:

Visibility of what is shared in OneDrive, Teams, & SharePoint
Automatic or bulk removal of external file access
Insights on files shared with external domains
Cleansing of orphaned teams, files and folders
Great employee accountability and awareness

Want to Know More:

Just call our security experts and learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent. Because we want to help make your M365 collaborators safer than ever.

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To reach out to us, email at: sales.uae@cobweb.com or call us on +971 4 455 3100.

Cloud Migration is essential for business efficiency

Posted on August 8, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Best Practice in Cloud Migration

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Pratik Vig

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08/08/2023

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Discover How to Get Your Ducks in A Row!

Migrating to the cloud is today’s essential for business efficiency, improved productivity, data security, business continuity and regulatory compliance. Cloud migration has become even more vital in today’s remote working environment. Databases, applications, workloads, systems, and projects now need to be easily and securely accessed from anywhere, anytime. While migration is not as onerous as you may think, it does require detailed preparation.

There are 5 steps to ensuring swift and seamless migration to the cloud.

Undertake a Comprehensive Assessment of Current IT Infrastructure

Successful cloud migration starts with an assessment of the current state of an on-premises or hybrid environment. It includes identifying all infrastructure elements and their current and anticipated utilization to reveal insights on cloud readiness, compatibility, and interdependencies of I.T. infrastructure, apps, databases, and workloads. The insights will then inform evaluation of cloud readiness and any measures needed to make them cloud ready.

Creating a Well-Defined Cloud Migration Strategy

You need to plan how you will move your data and applications from your on-premises architecture to the cloud. The plan will be your roadmap to the most efficient way to prioritize and migrate applications.

Ensuring Proper Data Migration and Integration

You need to clean, standardize, catalogue, and group your data and identify which datasets you want to move.

Training and Upskilling Teams for Cloud Adoption

There’s more to cloud adoption that just migrating to the cloud. To get the most out of your migration, it’s important to ensure your team understands the shift and how to operate within it.

Implementing Robust Cloud Security Measures

By identifying the compliance standards, you need to meet, you can design the best security controls for your business and totally adhere to your regulatory environment, maintain data integrity and engender customer trust.

The roadmap:

These five steps will be the foundation of an effective cloud migration roadmap that includes detailed information about the apps you want to migrate, app/database availability, downtime constraints, and migration milestones. The plan will detail how long the data copy takes and include a realistic buffer for post-migration testing. A comprehensive migration roadmap when adhered to will minimize downtime and limit the potential operational and business impact during migration.

Let’s go?

Our Cloud experts are ready to help. If you would like to schedule a free cloud assessment or want to know more about the benefits of migration, please click here.

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Microsoft Azure is your go-to cloud service

Posted on August 2, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Cloud Migration Is Now a Business Essential. Discover How Microsoft Azure Fits the Bill

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Pratik Vig

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02/08/2023

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As businesses increasingly rely on digital infrastructure to drive efficiency and innovation, cloud migration is now critical. Cloud computing is the game-changer for businesses seeking a competitive edge providing unparalleled scalability, cost savings, security, and agility to organizations of all sizes.

Microsoft research suggests the global cloud computing market value could reach a staggering $1,240.9 billion by 2027. Here we explore why more organizations than ever are migrating to the cloud and why you should turn to Microsoft Azure as your go-to cloud solution. By adopting Azure, organizations can unlock an array of tools and services to accelerate their digital transformation and stay ahead in today’s fiercely competitive landscape.

Seven Great Reasons to Migrate to Azure:

Scalability and Flexibility: The Azure cloud infrastructure lets organizations scale their resources on-demand, ensuring seamless growth and adaptability to ever evolving business needs.

Cost Savings: Migration to Azure eliminates the need for expensive on-premises hardware, maintenance, and upgrades. The figures speak for themselves:

16%: average savings of direct infrastructure-related costs with Azure.
37%: average three-year cost savings when you run equivalent workloads on Azure.
54%: potential total cost of ownership savings on Azure versus running on-premises.

Enhanced Security: Microsoft invests heavily in state-of-the-art Azure security measures, ensuring data protection and regulatory and industry standards compliance.

Business Continuity: Azure’s disaster recovery and backup solutions will keep your operations running, even in the face of unforeseen events.

Local Reach: Microsoft has data centers in the UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) providing customers with low-latency access.

Fast Implementation: Azure empowers development teams to optimize and accelerate workflows, fostering rapid digital innovation.

Future Proofing: The Azure cloud enables businesses to leverage advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning, and internet of things (IoT) technologies – the business tools of today & tomorrow!

Our experts can provide the requisite Azure support

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Get Acquainted with Azure:

Azure, Your Go-To Cloud Solution Provides:

A wide range of services, including computing, storage, databases, networking, AI, analytics, and more. It’s an all-in-one solution for cloud needs.
Seamless integration with on-premises infrastructure, facilitating a smooth cloud transition so organizations can adopt a hybrid cloud approach if needed.
Stringent security measures, industry-leading compliance certifications, and data privacy regulations, to safeguard your sensitive data.
AI and data analytics which let you extract valuable insights from your data, drive smarter decision-making and enhance your customer experiences.
A developer-friendly ecosystem, enabling seamless application development, testing, and deployment through integrated development tools and DevOps capabilities.

What Next?

According to Cyber magazine, UAE organizations have made great progress in cloud transition, now ranking as the world’s second-highest adopter of public cloud services (https://cybermagazine.com/company-reports/the-future-of-cloud-security-in-the-middle-east-report.) This puts businesses in the Emirates in the digital transformation fast lane, unlocking the full potential of the cloud. If you haven’t migrated yet, don’t get left behind in the competition stakes. Makethe shift to Azure, and drive innovation, enhance efficiency, and stay ahead in the UAE’s dynamic digital landscape.

For more information, reach out to our Azure experts to go beyond the limits of on-premises datacenters. Write to us at sales.uae@cobweb.com or reach out to us direct on +971 4 455 3100.

Disclaimer: The landscape of cloud computing and Microsoft Azure's offerings may evolve over time. Therefore, readers are advised to refer to the latest official sources and updates from Microsoft Azure for the most up-to-date information.

Cloud Revenue Rises- IDC study

Posted on July 23, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Half a Trillion Dollars: The annual revenue for public cloud services.

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Pratik Vig

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23/07/2023

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According to recent data from research firm IDC, the global revenue generated by public cloud services surpassed the US$500 billion mark in 2022.

IDC’s research revealed that the actual figure reached US$545.8 billion, representing a substantial 22.9% increase compared to the previous year. The growth was even more pronounced in foundational cloud services, which include infrastructure, platform, and system infrastructure software delivered as services. These foundational services experienced a remarkable 28.8% year-on-year growth.

IDC attributes this surge in spending to organizations’ increasing reliance on data and artificial intelligence (AI) services, distributed computing, and app frameworks. Investments in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) are expected to continue outpacing the overall public cloud market. Cloud providers are responding to this trend by deploying high-performance infrastructure.

Dave McCarthy, IDC’s research vice president, noted that these investments have two significant implications. First, they enable the migration of enterprise applications that were previously hosted on-premises. Second, they establish the foundation for the rapid deployment of scalable AI software. These investments present ample growth opportunities for the market.

IDC’s data also highlighted a consolidation within the public cloud market. Although the top five providers account for less than half of the market, their revenue grew at a faster rate than the market, experiencing a 27.3% increase last year.

IDC’s information places Microsoft as the largest public cloud provider globally, with a 16.8% market share, closely followed by AWS (Amazon Web Services) at 13.5%. Salesforce, Google, and Oracle round out the top five players.

Generative AI is expected to be a key driver of new public cloud spending. AI capabilities are becoming increasingly important for organizations, and the role of public cloud in supporting AI offerings cannot be overstated.

Lara Greden, research director at IDC, stated that most organizations consider their public cloud provider as their most strategic technology partner. As organizations plan for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) developer and data services, AI-enabled applications are gaining prioritization. Those already adopting AI find themselves well-positioned to evaluate the adoption of generative AI capabilities within their intelligent application strategies.

In terms of spending, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications accounted for the largest portion, generating US$246.3 billion in revenue in 2022. Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) followed at US$115.5 billion.

There can be multiple questions that crop up in the head when planning to migrate. Organizations require a complete picture before moving to the cloud. To get a clear view of this picture, you can fill in your details below & one of our cloud experts will connect with you.

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Security expert, Dr Kraemer uncovers the financial impact of cybercrime

Posted on June 9, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Cybercriminals’ astonishing cost to businesses & how you can beat them at their own game.

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Pratik Vig

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09/06/2023

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Cobweb’s recent webinar, exclusively held in collaboration with KnowBe4, the leading and most advanced platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing, provided us with a significant wake-up call. During the webinar, Dr. Martin Kraemer, the company’s security awareness advisor, shared alarming insights, stating that within a short span of two years, the financial impact of cybercrime is expected to reach an astonishing number of trillions of dollars, specifically estimated at US $10.5 trillion. What’s even more concerning is that human behaviour will be the primary cause, accounting for over 70% of these cybercrimes.

That’s worrying for sure, but it also means we can all do something about it if we act responsibly and act now!

Dr. Kraemer identified the Top 10 threats to businesses in the Middle East this year as:

Phishing and Smishing
Malware
Ransomware
Business Email Compromise
Insider Threats
Unintentional Disclosure
Storage Reconnaissance
Zero-Day Attack
Social Engineering
Data Exfiltration

What’s even more alarming is the notion that, as if the complexity of the cybercrime landscape isn’t daunting enough, it is set to worsen with the emergence of generative AI. This development is expected to provide attackers with easier access to sophisticated code, enabling them to localize mass phishing emails in various languages, making them increasingly believable. Additionally, the quality of business email compromise and CEO fraud is likely to escalate as AI can flawlessly imitate writing styles.

Dr. Kraemer emphasizes that defending your business against industrial-scale cybercrime entails more than just investing in technology. It requires empowering employees to make better security decisions daily. This means that we all need to develop competence in cyber awareness and manage behaviours to ensure that our people become our strongest defence assets instead of our weakest links. Furthermore, he cautions that security awareness and secure behaviour are not synonymous, which is why traditional awareness programs are no longer sufficient.

According to Dr. Kraemer, establishing a successful cybersecurity culture necessitates an A, B, C approach: Awareness, Behaviour, and Culture. This approach involves the following key elements:

Increasing Awareness:
- Educating employees about the potential risks and consequences associated with certain actions that may lead to negative outcomes. For instance, cautioning against opening email attachments from unknown sources.
Encouraging positive behaviour:
- Instilling in employees the understanding and concern for implementing security-enhancing processes. This includes promoting the adoption of practices such as creating strong passwords.
Empowering employees as guardians:
- Equipping employees with the skills to identify and respond to cybersecurity incidents. This involves providing guidance on appropriate actions to take if an unauthorized USB drive is connected to a machine, for example.
- By implementing this A, B, C approach, organizations can foster a cybersecurity culture that proactively addresses risky behaviour, encourages safer practices, and empowers employees to act as vigilant sentinels against potential threats. In an exciting development, Cobweb has joined forces with KnowBe4 to offer a subscription-based managed service that combines the expertise of both companies – Cobweb, renowned for its cloud services, and KnowBe4, with its comprehensive training solutions. This collaboration provides organizations with a holistic approach to cybersecurity, leveraging Cobweb’s cloud infrastructure alongside KnowBe4’s training platform. Through this partnership, businesses can educate their employees on cybersecurity best practices, cultivate defensive behaviour and leverage secure cloud environments to protect their sensitive data.

To explore the KnowBe4 offering and experience a demo of our joint solution, email: sales.uae@cobweb.com or call us on: +971 44553100 for more details and assistance. This close partnership between KnowBe4 and Cobweb underscores our shared commitment to empowering businesses with the necessary tools and knowledge to combat cyber threats effectively.

Mimecast: State of Email Security Report 2023

Posted on March 22, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Why Data Breaches are now seen as a Bigger Business Risk than Inflation

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Pratik Vig

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22/03/2023

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Mimecast Finds C-Suite is Now Ready to Confront Cyber Threats

The much-anticipated ‘State of Email Security 2023’ report from cloud cybersecurity experts is out. Mimecast reveals a breakthrough in Boardroom attitudes towards cybersecurity & a greater C-suite willingness to confront cybersecurity risks.

The report, collated from a survey of over 1,700 I.T. and C-suite professionals across 13 countries including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, is the largest sampling in Mimecast’s report history. It shows management now ranks cybersecurity threats as bigger business risks than inflation.

C-suite respondents now views digital risk as unacceptable. They have expressed concern over disruptions which can result from emerging technologies and the shared risks of the networked economy.

The Findings:

2/3rds of respondents admit their companies need to spend more on cybersecurity.
More than half (59%) acknowledge cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated.
2/3rds have fallen victim to a ransomware attack.
97% have been targeted by email-based phishing attacks.
92% are either using or plan to use AI & machine learning to bolster cybersecurity.
72% expect to be harmed by a collaboration-tool-based attack.

Why The Threat Is Increasing:

Mimecast says supply chain vulnerabilities, growing online collaboration and digital networking are making the cyber landscape more treacherous. Multi-stage, multi-vector attacks are becoming the norm and the smallest of security shortcomings can have devastating effect. The average cost of a data breach is now US $4.35 million, while it can take 212 days to detect it and another 75 to contain it.

The Threats:

Email remains the primary attack route and with more emails, comes a bigger threat. The emergence of collaboration tools is opening a new threat pathway. Three-out-of-four (76%) respondents expect an email-borne attack will seriously impact their organization in the coming year. The main email-borne threats are phishing, ransomware, and spoofing with collaboration tool pathways entering the fray.

Phishing: It’s now responsible for 90% of corporate security breaches
Ransomware: 8 out of 10 respondents have been damaged by ransomware attacks which are specifically targeting smaller companies in consumer services, energy, healthcare, media, and entertainment.
Spoofing: Nearly all respondents (91%) were aware of attempts to misappropriate their email domain, with the public sector being particularly targeted. Web domain spoofing is widespread. Only 29% of respondents say they are fully prepared to fend off illegitimate uses of their email domains and though 88% say their companies are interested in using Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) in the next 12 months to thwart email spoofing, only 27% have deployed it.
Collaboration: The New Risk Route: While everyone agrees collaboration tools are now a business essential, more than half (55%) say they are opening a new risk route with employees downloading unapproved tools. 72% believe their organization will likely be hit by a collaboration-tool-based attack this year.

Under-funding Increasing The Risk:

66% of respondents admit their organization’s cybersecurity budget is under-funded and largely unchanged from 2022 despite the increasing threat and a modest under-resourced gap of around 8%.

Solutions:

AI & ML

AI and machine learning, that provide real-time, contextual warnings to email and collaboration tool users, can help you stay ahead of the cyber criminals. They can deliver more accurate threat detection, improve the ability to block threats and more quickly remediate attack damage. The criminals are using AI – you should too.

An Aware Workforce

Over 95% of all data breaches are due to human error – you must foster a cyber-savvy workforce. Regular, best-in-class training is essential. Cyber-security is the responsibility of all, not just the I.T. team!

Where Now?

The Mimecast 2023 report stresses that cyber-security insurance is no substitute for a cyber-security preparedness plan. Do you have one in place? Has it kept pace with the threats? Does it include employee awareness training? If you would like advice from our cyber security experts who can assess your security posture and make recommendations, including access to the best training in the market, get in touch now on +97144553100 or email: sales.uae@cobweb.com. Call us now and stay safe!

How to improve your Cloud Security Posture with Microsoft Defender?

Posted on March 15, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

How to prioritize your cloud security response

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Written By

Shailesh Vaja

Publish Date

15/03/2023

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Discover how you can cut through the information clutter.

With increasing recommendations and alerts for a growing catalog of security vulnerabilities, it’s harder than ever to triage and prioritize your cloud security response. Users are bombarded with information, and often don’t have the time or resources to cut through the clutter. We suggest you look at Microsoft Defender for the cloud to get to grips with the issue, prioritize and track your security response.

Microsoft Defender for the Cloud will simplify the process by giving you:

Single console visualization of your security posture for your cloud and on-premises.
Suggestions to improve your security posture efficiently and effectively.
Continuous assessment of your security posture.

How it works?

Microsoft Defender for the Cloud continually assesses your security resources regardless of where they are hosted. It then aggregates all the findings into a single score so that you can see immediately your current security situation: the higher the score, the lower the identified risk level.

To improve your security posture, review the Defender for Cloud’s recommendations page and implement the remediation instructions for each issue. Recommendations are grouped into security controls. Each control is a logical group of related security recommendations and reflects your vulnerable attack surfaces. Your score only improves when you remediate all the recommendations for a single resource within a control. To see how well your organization is securing each individual attack surface, review the scores for each security control.

To learn more about Secure score and other Microsoft Defender for Cloud capabilities, visit Microsoft documentation.

If you wish to know more how to assess and improve your security posture, reach out to us on +97144553100 or email: sales.uae@cobweb.com. Call us now and stay safe!

Cybersecurity Training is now Essential for your Business

Posted on February 15, 2023 by - Blogs, Hot Topic

Cybersecurity Training is now a Business Essential

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Written By

Pratik Vig

Publish Date

15/02/2023

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Let’s Go Phishing With KnowBe4 & Identify Your Weakest Links

Inhouse cybersecurity training might have once been a nice to have – that was then, this is now. Today most business operations are increasingly dependent on technology, and on their employees’ ability to use it safely. While the new age of remote and mobile working has huge advantages, it also has opened up huge gateways for cybercriminals to reap the benefits of poor organizational security postures which are aggravated by employees’ ignorance of the pitfalls.

Yet more than ever businesses need to be cybersecure if they are to comply with data protection regulations, keep their own sensitive data secure, ensure business continuity, and avoid the risk of breach-induced production downtime and the cost of repairing reputational damage and rebuilding customer confidence.

Email and poor passwords continue to be the main vectors of cybersecurity hacks. The increasing prevalence of phishing attempts and identity fraud further complicate the landscape, and all too often staff just aren’t aware of the dangers. And remember 82% of data breaches involve a human element be it exposure to ransomware, phishing, domain identity theft, email spoofing or weak passwords.

But who are your weakest links? You need to know to plug the gaps and to ensure that all your staff are on constant alert to the dangers. Employees who know how to identify, detect, and mitigate threats such as phishing, ransomware and spoofing will be able to prevent attacks on the company and its customers.

Training though can be complex, time consuming and costly – but not any more.

KnowBe4:

We’ve teamed up with KnowBe4 – the world’s largest integrated platform for security awareness training combined with simulated phishing attacks to offer a MENA exclusive, best-in-class managed service offering available on an annual licence subscription. This means we can manage your entire cybersecurity training program and create your own human firewall.

The Unrivalled Offer:

Through our managed service, we can create a foundational training program, identify your weakest cybersecurity links through tailored phishing campaigns, assess your pain points and security awareness posture, monitor effectiveness and more. License pricing is dependent on which services you opt for and the number of users you want covered.

You’ll get:

Baseline Testing: assessment of your users phish-prone percentage through a simulated attack.
User Training: the world’s largest library of security awareness training content; including interactive modules, videos, games, posters, and newsletters. Automated training campaigns with scheduled reminder emails.

Best-in-class: fully automated simulated phishing attacks, thousands of templates with unlimited usage, and community phishing templates. We provide access to the world’s largest library of security awareness training content; including interactive modules, videos, games, posters, and newsletters and activate automated training campaigns with scheduled reminder emails.
Eyes on the Prize: enterprise-strength reporting, showing stats and graphs for security awareness training & phishing, ready for management.

All this combined with Cobweb’s superior 24/7 managed service capability is a match made in corporate heaven!

Where to from here:

Remember a strong security culture and an educated workforce is your best defence against cyberattacks. You can check out our Knowbe4 offering by requesting a demo here or click here for more details.

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7 Steps to Zero Trust Security

7 Steps to Zero Trust Security: Your Complete Guide to Enhanced Cybersecurity

Learn about Security Compliance & Automation with Tricent.

3 Major Trends Are Driving External Collaboration

Want to Know More:

Undertake a Comprehensive Assessment of Current IT Infrastructure

Creating a Well-Defined Cloud Migration Strategy

Ensuring Proper Data Migration and Integration

Training and Upskilling Teams for Cloud Adoption

Implementing Robust Cloud Security Measures

Microsoft Azure is your go-to cloud service

Cloud Migration Is Now a Business Essential. Discover How Microsoft Azure Fits the Bill

Seven Great Reasons to Migrate to Azure:

Our experts can provide the requisite Azure support

Get Acquainted with Azure:

What Next?

Cloud Revenue Rises- IDC study

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