21 February, 2017

Trend Micro Endpoint Security Recognized with Recommended Rating by NSS Labs

Trend Micro solution proven 100 percent effective against exploits and evasions in test

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced Trend Micro™ has received a recommended rating based on the NSS Labs inaugural Advanced Endpoint Protection Public Test. In addition to Trend Micro receiving one of the highest malware protection scores with no false positives, Trend Micro’s endpoint security proved to be 100 percent effective against exploits and evasion. NSS Labs testing demonstrates a deep understanding that 90 percent of malware targets a single device, and cyber criminals are designing more sophisticated malware to evade specific defenses or to exploit known software vulnerabilities.

“IT leaders have to shift through many marketing claims of superior endpoint protection from numerous vendors to determine the most effective solution for their investment,” said Kevin Simzer, Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Trend Micro. “What this NSS Labs endpoint protection public test does is present a truly independent and unbiased public test to help customers understand that user protection must be viewed as a comprehensive solution. We are pleased to be recognized with a recommended rating from NSS Labs in endpoint protection.”

Trend Micro customers have said that a layered endpoint protection approach provides the best protection against the broadest range of threats for them. Customers have indicated the need for endpoint security solutions that offer additional capabilities aimed at stopping more threats and exploits, such as behavioral analysis, machine learning, exploit and vulnerability protection, application control and sandbox analysis, along with data loss prevention and encryption solutions to protect data.

Customers have requested more centralized visibility and control to reduce the burden on their IT organizations and lessen dependence on multiple management consoles. A connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control across security for endpoints, mobile devices, SaaS applications and email and web gateways provides a holistic view of what is happening, and automates the sharing of threat intelligence among all security components so defenses can automatically adapt without the need for human intervention.

Trend Micro Smart Protection Suites delivers all these capabilities by protecting endpoints with XGen™ security, a blend of cross-generational threat defense techniques that intelligently applies the right technique at the right time, resulting in more effective and efficient protection against a full range of threats. It offers customers smarter protection through a connected threat defense in cost-effective packages.

“Trend Micro endpoint protection solutions have demonstrated excellent results through its multiple layers of threat defense techniques,” said Vikram Phatak, chief executive officer for NSS Labs. “Our clients are requesting effective security using the latest detection technology to defend against a multitude of unknown threats, exploits and evasions. Trend Micro has proven its ability to stay ahead of the curve through its XGen™ technology capabilities.”  

For the complete NSS Labs report, visit https://resources.trendmicro.com/NSSLabs-Adv-Endpoint-Report.html and to learn more about Endpoint Security, visit www.trendmicro.com/xgen.

About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information.  Our innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints. All our products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling better, faster protection. With over 5,000 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to secure their journey to the cloud.  For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.


The best of Australian seasonal fruit and vegetables to feature in the United Arab Emirates


Now! In Season campaign launches in the UAE
Quality produce available in selected retail stores now!
Dubai, UAE – February 21 2017: Premium quality, seasonal Australian fruits and vegetables are available in select retail outlets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the launch of the ‘Now! In Season’ horticulture campaign.
The launch of this new initiative, which was officially unveiled in Dubai during the Australia Day celebrations, is aimed at promoting Australian fresh fruits and vegetables at their peak quality and availability.
“Australia is renowned for being a producer of premium produce that is healthy, great-tasting and nutritious, but also backed by world-best food safety standards, traceability and quality assurance systems,” said John Butler, Victorian Government Commissioner to the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Now! In Season will highlight the finest seasonal fruit and vegetables in Spinneys and Waitrose stores and give consumers the opportunity to enjoy the best Australian produce on offer.
Throughout the year, the Now! In Season campaign will also educate consumers on seasonality, health and nutritional benefits and how to select and store the premium produce.
Juicy cherries and summer stone fruits such as plums, nectarines, apricots and peaches are available from now until March.
Grapes will be available from March to May, pears from April to June and apples from May to July. Citrus fruits such as oranges are available from August to October. Australian vegetables are available throughout the year due to national production.

Now! In Season is a strategic campaign developed in collaboration with government and industry.

تستهدف الترويج للمنتجات الاسترالية خلال مواسم حصادها وذروة جودتها
بدء وصول أفضل المنتجات الأسترالية إلى الدولة ضمن حملة "الموسم الآن"
21فبراير 2017، دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة: أعلنت مجموعة من الهيئات الحكومية الاسترالية اليوم، عن بدء وصول أجود المنتجات الاسترالية من الخضار والفواكه إلى دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، وذلك في إطار حملة "الموسم الآن" التي جرى إطلاقها خلال احتفالات اليوم الوطني الأسترالي، والهادفة للترويج للمنتجات الاسترالية خلال مواسم حصادها وذروة جودتها.  
وأوضحت حكومة ولاية فيكتوريا وغرفة التجارة وهيئة الزراعة الاستراليتين أنه جرى البدء بتوزيع هذه المنتجات عبر مختلف مراكز البيع بالتجزئة في الدولة مثل "سبينس" و"ويتروس"، والتي ستوفر بدورها للمستهلكين فرصة اختبارها.
ووصلت إلى الدولة شحنات من الكرز والخوخ والمشمش والدراق، والتي ستتوافر حتى شهر مارس، في حين من المتوقع أن تصل شحنات من العنب بين شهري مارس ومايو، ومن الكمثرى بين أبريل ويونيو، ومن التفاح بين مايو ويوليو، والحمضيات مثل البرتقال بين أغسطس وأكتوبر، أما الخضراوات فستتوافر طوال العام نظراً لزراعتها في مختلف أنحاء استراليا.
وأشار جون بتلر مفوض حكومة ولاية فيكتوريا الى الشرق الأوسط وإفريقيا وتركيا، إلى أن استراليا تشتهر بكونها واحدة من بين أهم المنتجين العالميين للمنتجات الغذائية الطازجة، والتي تتميز بجودتها وطعمها وفوائدها الغذائية، فضلاً عن زراعتها وحصادها وفق أعلى معايير السلامة الغذائية والأنظمة العالمية لضمان الجودة.

يذكر أن الحملة الاستراتيجية المشتركة بين القطاعين الحكومي والصناعي الاستراليين ستعمل خلال العام على تعريف المستهلكين على موسمية المنتجات والصحة، إضافة إلى الفوائد الغذائية وأفضل سبل الاختيار والتخزين.

Telia Carrier establishes two new PoPs in St. Petersburg, Russia to bolster its network backbone in the region


Stockholm/St. Petersburg, Russia – 21 February 2017 –  Telia Carrier today announced that it has established two new points of presence (PoP) in St. Petersburg, Russia to meet customer demand, and add more depth and diversity to the company’s network in a region experiencing major traffic growth.
Telia Carrier continues to add granularity to its network with the two new PoPs, ensuring that customer needs are met in a high traffic region and expanding the reach of its top-two ranked global IP backbone, AS1299. The new PoPs add to Telia Carrier’s historical commitment to the region and follow the company’s recent announcement of a new route from Stockholm to St. Petersburg via Tallinn. Following the build-out, the global wholesale carrier will offer IP transit, Ethernet and wavelength services from two new data center facilities in St. Petersburg - Miran and Selectel. As a result, content providers and operators, primarily within Russia and the Baltic states, can now choose from Telia Carrier’s compelling portfolio of 100G+ services at these sites.  Content providers in particular stand to benefit from improved access to a rapidly growing cloud and content services market in Russia.
“More content and cloud providers are adding a local presence in the Russian market to provide services for millions of new customers. These providers all demand low latency, high capacity backbone services to support the delivery of rich content to the end user,” said Ilya Bulaev, sales director – Russia & CIS, for Telia Carrier. “These two new PoPs reinforce Telia Carrier’s depth of presence in the European and Russian markets, and enable content providers to enter new markets with extremely high capacity network service offerings.”
“Several dozen communications providers are already present in Selectel's data centers.” Said Kirill Malevanov, technical director Selectel. “We'd like to add more in the future, as new providers create new opportunities for our clients to develop their network infrastructure. Telia Carrier, a leading Tier 1 provider, can offer interesting solutions pertaining to IP transit and VPN services.”
Telia Carrier’s global fiber backbone is the first to be 100G-enabled in both Europe and North America. It is also the first network to successfully transmit 1 Tb/s on its US network. According to Dyn Research’s global backbone rankings, AS1299, Telia Carrier’s global IP backbone is currently ranked top-two. Telia Carrier’s rapid growth and ascension through the rankings was highlighted in Dyn’s ‘Baker’s Dozen, 2015 edition’ report. The company enables worldwide connectivity by connecting more than 220 Points of Presence (PoPs) across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East including over 70 PoPs in North America alone.
Media Enquiries: Rickard Bäcklin, VP Brand & Marketing, Telia Carrier, +46-72-2368327, mailto:rickard.backlin@teliacompany.com

It’s all about French Food at Gulfood 2017 !



  • Unveiling the label Made In France Made With Love  for the first time at Gulfood
  • Hundred of products to be distributed  in the Middle East market
  • 4 French pavilions split by thematic this year

United Arab Emirates, February 19 2017 – Business France, the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy renews its trust in Gulfood to showcase around 70 companies divided in four key sectors at Dubai World Trade Centre, from February 26th to March 2nd 2017.
For a total area of nearly 900 square meters, this 22nd edition of Gulfood is expected to be the announcement of several launch products.

Food industry is the first industrial sector in France. It is a traditional strength of the French economy. It aims to answer to one of the most important issues for the future: how to feed 9 billion people by 2050 and how to guarantee food security in a world of never ending crises in a sustainable way ?

The French Pavilions are THE place where the most unusual and innovative new products of the French Exhibitors are showcased. It is also the place where visitors can discover from the latest technologies and packaging ideas, to new flavors, trendy ingredients and healthy foods, highlighting the cutting-edge creativity of France in the agribusiness field. For the first time at Gulfood, France will be represented under the label Made In France Made With Love which conveys French food industry‘s values: the quality know-how, the passion and commitment”. Exhibitors will be grouped into thematic:
  • Food specialties : 32 companies to be gathered in the biggest French pavilion at the show located at Hall World Food - Sheikh Saeed hall.
  • Dairy : 16 companies will showcase their range of products at Dairy Products Hall - Hall 1.
  • Beverages : a group of 8 select companies will reveal fresh and frozen products at Zaa’beel New halls.
  • Meat & poultry : French culinary specialties will be brought to the Middle East market by 6 hand picked meat/poultry specialists on the Hall Meat and Poultry - Hall 3.
Gulfood visitors will then be delighted to discover a whole new French offer such as  baby products, white and brown sugar, to taste fresh dairy products, eggs and cheese, sauces and condiments, baked goods and desserts pastry, meat and ready meals, processed fruits, soft drinks.

France is the 6th largest worldwide exporter of food and beverages, with exports valued at USD 67 billion in 2015 and 3rd trade surplus of USD 13.6 billion.
In 2015, the UAE imported USD 455 million of food and beverage products from France.

Marc Cagnard, Business France Director in the Middle East stated: France is recognized for its technical expertise and high quality products, especially in the food sector, and the Middle East is an important market for us, with the booming hospitality & retail sectors. With UAE as a regional hub and a key economic partner for us, this is a step towards boosting our trade and economic relations. It is also interesting to note that the Middle East is one of the largest importers of French dairy products ».

French exports of F&B products increased by 207 % between 2010 and 2015 internationally.There is no denying that French exports have grown not only in the UAE, but also in the Middle East and the region represents more than 3% of French food exports.
For instance, Saudi Arabia is considered as the largest export market for French companies in the food & beverages sector, accounting for approximately USD 1 billion in 2015.

Cagnard added : « France has long been renowned far and wide for its fine cuisine. In 2010, UNESCO recognized France’s unique savoir-faire by declaring French cuisine to be “world intangible heritage”. And in
2015, the award for “World’s Best Female Chef” was presented to French chef Helene Darroze ».

On the USD 8 billion of French dairy produce exported around the world, over $400 million is sold to the Middle East.

For more info about new products, feel free to have a look at the French exhibitors catalogue : http://bit.ly/2lHXzCv

كل شيء عن المأكولات الفرنسية في معرض الخليج للأغذية "جلفود 2017"!
  • إطلاق شعار "صنع في فرنسا، صنع بالحب" لأول مرة في معرض جلفود
  • مئات المنتجات الجاهزة للتوزيع في سوق الشرق الأوسط
  • أربعة أجنحة فرنسية مقسمة هذا العام وفقاً للتخصصات

الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 19 فبراير 2017- تجدد الوكالة الوطنية لدعم تنمية الاقتصاد الفرنسي دولياً "بيزنس فرانس" ثقتها بمعرض الخليج للأغذية "جلفود" من خلال اشتراك ما يقرب من سبعين شركة متخصصة في أربعة قطاعات رئيسية بفعاليات المعرض الذي سيعقد في مركز دبي التجاري العالمي في الفترة من 26 فبراير وحتى 2 مارس 2017.
ومن خلال إجمالي مساحة عرض تصل إلى حوالي 900 متر2، ستشهد النسخة الثانية والعشرون لمعرض الخليج للأغذية "جلفود" إطلاق العديد من المنتجات.  

تعد صناعة الأغذية القطاع الصناعي الأول في فرنسا حيث تعتبر هذه الصناعة مصدر قوة تقليدية للاقتصاد الفرنسي. وتهدف هذه الصناعة إلى الإجابة على أحد أهم تساؤلات المستقبل الخاص بكيفية توفير الغذاء لتسعة مليار شخص عام 2050 فضلا عن كيفية ضمان الأمن الغذائي بشكل مستدام في عالم دائم الأزمات؟.

هذا وتتميز الأجنحة الفرنسية بكونها المكان المثالي لعرض المنتجات الجديدة غير التقليدية والأكثر ابتكاراً الخاصة بالعارضين الفرنسيين. فهي تتيح للزائرين فرصة التعرف على أحدث التكنولوجيات وأفكار التعبئة فضلا عن اكتشاف أحدث النكهات والمكونات الأكثر شيوعاً والأغذية الصحية. إلى جانب ذلك سيتم تسليط الضوء على أحدث الابداعات الفرنسية في مجال الصناعات الغذائية.
وسيشهد معرض جلفود لأول مرة هذا العام تمثيل فرنسا من خلال شعار "صنع في فرنسا، صنع بالحب" والذي يجسد قيم صناعة الأغذية الفرنسية والمتمثلة في الجودة والخبرة والحب والالتزام.
وسيجتمع سبعون عارض فرنسي متخصص في الأغذية والمشروبات عبر أربعة قطاعات رئيسية وهي:
  • المأكولات المتخصصة: سيضم هذا القطاع اثنتين وثلاثين شركة في الجناح الفرنسي الأكبر وذلك بقاعة مأكولات العالم المصممة بقاعة الشيخ سعيد.
  • منتجات الألبان: سيستقبل هذا القطاع ست عشرة شركة حيث ستقوم بعرض سلسلة منتجاتها في قاعة منتجات الألبان الواقعة بقاعة رقم (1).
  • المشروبات: ستقوم ثمان شركات منتقاة بكشف النقاب عن منتجات طازجة ومجمدة بقاعات زعبيل الجديدة.
  • اللحوم والدواجن: سيتم تقديم الأطباق الفرنسية المتخصصة لسوق الشرق الأوسط من خلال ست جهات متخصصة في الانتقاء الدقيق للحوم والدواجن وذلك بقاعة اللحوم والدواجن الواقعة بقاعة رقم (3).

ومن ثم سيستمتع زائرو معرض جلفود بالتعرف على العرض الفرنسي الجديد كلياً والذي يشمل على سبيل المثال منتجات حديثي الولادة والسكر الأبيض والبني. كما ستتاح لهم فرصة تذوق منتجات الألبان الطازجة والبيض والأجبان والصلصات والمخللات والمخبوزات والمعجنات والحلويات واللحوم وكذا المأكولات الجاهزة والفواكه المصنعة والمشروبات الغازية.


جدير بالذكر أن فرنسا هي سادس أكبر مُصدِر عالمي للأغذية والمشروبات من خلال تسجيل حجم صادرات بلغ 67 مليار دولار أمريكي عام 2015 فضلا عن تمتعها بالمركز الثالث للفائض التجاري مسجلة 13.6 مليار دولار أمريكي.
وقد قامت الإمارات العربية المتحدة عام 2015 باستيراد منتجات غذائية ومشروبات من فرنسا بقيمة 455 مليون دولار أمريكي.

وقد صرح السيد مارك كانيار مدير وكالة بيزنس فرانس في الشرق الأوسط قائلا: " تشتهر فرنسا بخبرتها الفنية ومنتجاتها العالية الجودة لا سيما في قطاع الأغذية. وتعد منطقة الشرق الأوسط سوقاً هاماً لنا في إطار ازدهار قطاعي الضيافة والتجزئة. وتعتبر الامارات العربية المتحدة مركزاً إقليمياً وهي شريك اقتصادي رئيسي لنا. ومن ثم فإن هذه المشاركة من شأنها تنشيط تجارتنا وعلاقاتنا الاقتصادية. كما يجب التنويه إلى أن الشرق الأوسط هو أحد أكبر الجهات المستوردة لمنتجات الألبان الفرنسية".

تجدر الإشارة إلى أن الصادرات الفرنسية من المنتجات الغذائية والمشروبات قد زادت بنسبة 207% في الفترة ما بين عامي 2010 و2015 وذلك على الصعيد الدولي. ومما لا شك فيه أن الصادرات الفرنسية قد شهدت نمواً ليس فقط على مستوى دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ولكن أيضاً على مستوى الشرق الأوسط حيث تمثل المنطقة أكثر من 3% من صادرات الأغذية الفرنسية.
وعلى سبيل المثال، تعد المملكة العربية السعودية أكبر سوق تصدير للشركات الفرنسية في قطاع الأغذية والمشروبات مسجلة حوالي مليار دولار أمريكي عام 2015.

وأضاف السيد كانيار قائلا: " اشتهرت فرنسا منذ زمن طويل بمطبخها الفاخر. وفي عام 2010 أقرت منظمة اليونسكو بخبرة فرنسا الفريدة من نوعها من خلال إدراج فن الطهي الفرنسي بقائمة (الإرث الثقافي العالمي غير المادي). كما شهد عام 2015 حصول الطاهية الفرنسية إيلين داروز على جائزة (أفضل طاهية فئة سيدات على مستوى العالم)".

وأخيراً سجلت الصادرات الفرنسية من منتجات الألبان على الصعيد العالمي 8 مليار دولار أمريكي من بينها أكثر من 400 مليون دولار أمريكي للشرق الأوسط.

ولمزيد من المعلومات عن المنتجات الجديدة، يمكن الاطلاع على كتالوج العارضين الفرنسيين على الرابط التالي: http://bit.ly/2lHXzCv

Mimecast Combats Rise of Internal Email Threats with Industry-First Purpose-Built Cloud Security Service



99% of Organizations Surveyed Impacted by Internal Email Threats

Dubai, UAE, February 21, 2017 – Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a leading email and data security company introduced the latest capability of its Targeted Threat Protection service, Internal Email Protect, the first-to-market cloud-based security service providing threat capabilities for internally generated email. Internal Email Protect allows customers to detect and remediate security threats that originate from their users’ email accounts. This capability includes the scanning of attachments and URLs, as well as content inspections via DLP services. Additionally, Internal Email Protect includes the ability to automatically extract infected email or attachments from users’ inboxes.

Mimecast Internal Email Protect is an add-on to the award winning Mimecast Targeted Threat Protection family of email security offerings which includes URL protect, Attachment Protect and Impersonation Protect. New research Mimecast commissioned from Forrester Consulting indicates that organizations need to move beyond basic email security capabilities. The research evaluated the state of enterprise understanding of insider security threats by surveying 253 Security and Risk Management experts from the US, UK, South Africa, and Australia. The results were compiled in a Forrester Technology Adoption Profile study which found that 99 percent of organizations surveyed had experienced some form of insider security incident in the past 24 months.

The newly launched Internal Email Protect service can address these threats by enabling customers to detect and remediate security threats that originate from their internal email system. This could include emails from the unassuming compromised insider, the careless employee inadvertently sending files and/or a malicious employee who wants to do harm to the company. According to the Forrester Technology Adoption Profile study, compromised accounts can cause the biggest headache, as three quarters of respondents described the financial impact of compromised accounts as moderate or significant, and 68 percent said they led to a moderate or significant productivity loss.

Internal Email Protect gives organizations the visibility they need to help reduce downtime and data and financial loss by detecting and remediating internally generated email-borne threats. Key benefits of Internal Email Protect include:
  • Broader, more comprehensive protection from targeted threats: single cloud solution to inspect email coming into, going out from and staying within an organization.
  • Detection of lateral movement of attacks from one internal system or user, to another.
  • Identification of threats, or sensitive data leaving an organization, which could result in reputational damage.

Email from internal users can also be used to send threats laterally across an organization– through the distribution of malware, malicious URLs or impersonation emails. In fact, the recent Forrester Technology Adoption Profile study cited that within the last 24 months:
  • 40 percent of respondents experienced business compromise/impersonation attacks;
  • 36 percent experienced insider emailing sensitive data; and
  • 44 percent experienced phishing attacks all due to internal threats.

“Not all threats are created equal; therefore, organizations need a cyber-resilience strategy to help organizations prepare for any type of attack – whether that be from outside or inside of the organization, malicious or accidental,” said Neil Murray, chief technology officer at Mimecast. “Internal Email Protect is the only cloud-based email security service addressing internal-to-internal emails for malware, malicious URLs and the improper movement of sensitive content. With Internal Email Protect, organizations can get ahead of the attack and stop feeling like they’re playing a never ending game of catch-up.”  

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