Microsoft, ADSIC Raise Cybersecurity Awareness in the UAE

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Microsoft, ADSIC Raise Cybersecurity Awareness in the UAE

Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Center (ADSIC), have teamed up to hold a series of digital transformation workshops geared towards raising awareness concerning the significance of digital technology and the enormous influence it can have in the general public market. The workshops will focus on government labor force digital transformation readiness and structure effective and lasting digital strategies across all Abu Dhabi Federal government entities.

The first workshop of the series, titled Empowering Digital Government: Cyber Security occurred last month at the Coastline Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi with the participation of greater than 20 government entities and 50 executives and staff members, along with a choose group of digital transformation experts. The sessions took a substantial step in the direction of boosting awareness on Cyber security risks and how individuals could safeguard versus malicious material in the digital world. The complete day event provided insights into the current security landscape and showcased trials in addition to discussions on Microsoft Windows 10 Business, Microsoft Business Mobility and Security and Microsoft Office 365 Security features such as Advanced Danger Protection and Data Loss Prevention. Microsoft Cyber Security professionals dealt with finest techniques, structures and the importance of an advanced safety technique for the digital age that can proactively secure public market companies without restricting the performance of their employees.

Mr. Said Al Mansouri, Executive Director of Shared Government Provider at ADSIC stated, "As the entity in charge of developing the local ICT sector, ADSIC places fantastic strategic emphasis on protecting the assets and information of our partners from the government sector and end-users of the digital remedies that we either straight give or look after." Al Mansouri included, "Our collaboration with Microsoft and other leading ICT experts from the private sector assists us in attaining our required, while creating significant understanding on advanced safety and security best practises."

Attendees at the workshop taken advantage of immersive demo-oriented experience presented by Microsoft, in addition to the company's full safety and security profile and possibility to gain from the Cybersecurity team about constructing an efficient government safety and security strategy.

" As companies embrace new innovations such as cloud, big data, and IoT, it becomes critica to have advanced safety actions in position. In this digital period, the focus should move from safeguarding parameters to safeguarding information spread throughout various systems, tools and the cloud" said Cyril Voisin, Executive Protection Expert, Business Security Group, Microsoft Middle East and Africa. Microsoft is committed to make certain all natural, agile and identity driven safety and security plans are placed across all government entities, to ensure that present hazards are timely determined and addressed, and transparency is attained. This workshop creates part of a shared vision in between ADSIC and Microsoft to developing ability and increasing understanding on digital risks and threats.

According to a Microsoft research study, the variety of attempted cyber-attacks over a week increased 600,000 in the previous 3 of years. These figures clearly direct in the direction of a requirement for application of strict security steps with organisations. The company's continuous technique builds on it's smart security portfolio that safeguards company with protection of all endpoints, discovery of risks prior to they happen and much faster feedback with enlightened security analytics and machine learning.

With the ongoing effort and dedication to government capacity building, the second workshop of the collection titled Empowering Digital Government: Harnessing the Disruptive Force of Technology occurred on May 3. The workshop focused on innovative technologies such as Blockchain, the Internet of Points, Artificial intelligence and Chatbots and the immense transformational opportunities they could produce for public sector companies. The sessions elaborated on the public field use-case scenarios of these technologies and just how their adoption can even more empower the robust digital transformation techniques and future strategies of the Abu Dhabi Government entities. Microsoft modern technology and business specialists and execs from over 25 government entities talked about exactly how the capitalization of these innovations can own innovation and future sustainable growth, making it possible for federal government companies to end up being a lot more active, drive effectiveness and change their services.

The partnership in between Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi Systems and Info Center (ADSIC) is set to proceed with the joint goal of equipping the productivity of public servant and making sure the consistent shipment of improved and personalized person experiences through operational optimization and transformation of services and products. A lot more workshops in the collection, focused on Microsoft Azure Public Cloud Safety and Datacenter Management, are intended to be held later on this year.