By: Gamal Emara, Country Manager, UAE at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company IoT devices may offer extraordinary benefits in healthcare. From improving patient outcomes, staff effectiveness and operational cost savings, it could also bring with them new security risks. Any type of connected device is a potential risk, even wireless lightbulbs, so it’s imperative that healthcare institutions do everything they can to stem the flow of malicious attackers. This calls for a multi-layered security approach to mitigate these threats. Step 1: Know your network, inside and out To secure the network that your IoT infrastructure connects into, it’s important … Continue reading Safer Healthcare IoT Infrastructure in 7 Steps

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Not all cloud software is created equal

August 1, 2018 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

By John Maddison, Senior Vice President of products and solutions, Fortinet. An assumption made by many security professionals is that any performance differences between physical security devices are eliminated when those security software images are run on identical cloud hardware. But the truth is, there are still significant performance differences between solutions, and those differences can be critical both from a processing perspective as well as cost. Because cloud performance is a baseline requirement for competing in the digital marketplace, organizations cannot afford for security to be a bottleneck. Transactions need to be inspected at digital speeds. Of course, elastic … Continue reading Not all cloud software is created equal

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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, UNDP Meet with High-Profile Entities in Singapore to Promote the Global Knowledge Index

July 30, 2018 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised workshops and meetings in Singapore, the first stop in a series to be held around the world to promote the Global Knowledge Index as a tool for sustainable development and the betterment of society. The main objective from these activities was to promote constructive dialogue, raise awareness and informing the public and stakeholders about the key aspects and features of the Index, as well as its expected outcomes and the importance of connection between knowledge and development. To that end, a joint delegation … Continue reading Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, UNDP Meet with High-Profile Entities in Singapore to Promote the Global Knowledge Index