NETWORK SECURITY: WHAT MIDDLE EAST ENTERPRISES STILL FAIL TO ADDRESS

The rise of networks security related incidents has in recent years has brought the subject into the forefront of IT discussions. Today, the ability to mitigate risks is even seen as a competitive edge, rating at the same level as cost. Simply put, the organizations which can operate their business flexibly in a secure way […]
TOP MIDDLE EAST CYBER THREATS-1 MARCH 2018

At Help AG, our Managed Security Services (MSS) team offers 24x7x365 monitoring of complex IT security infrastructures for some of the largest enterprises in the region. As a result of this, they have their eyes keenly fixed on the cyber security threat landscape and are among the first in the region to learn and act […]
EMPLOYEE PROFILE: PAVLINA IVANOVA

Designation: Senior Strategic Security Consultant Q) What first prompted you to select a career in cyber security? My first job opportunity as an Internal Information Systems’ Security Auditor, was what first fired up my interest in cyber security. I still remember the days, when unauthorized remote logging on servers, as an administrator with full access […]
TOP MIDDLE EAST CYBER THREATS-15 FEBRUARY 2018

At Help AG, our Managed Security Services (MSS) team offers 24x7x365 monitoring of complex IT security infrastructures for some of the largest enterprises in the region. As a result of this, they have their eyes keenly fixed on the cyber security threat landscape and are among the first in the region to learn and act […]
GET YOUR ANSWER BEFORE YOU KNOW YOUR QUESTION!

Today there is a lot of buzz around the handling of analysis, Business Intelligence, streaming data, Internet of Things (IoT) and so on. You have probably been exposed to them all but how should you really tackle these area? Where do you start? The digital revolution is opening great opportunities as organizations get access to […]
SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND!

I’m extremely proud to say that Help AG has reinforced its position as a top regional partner for Palo Alto Networks by maintaining our Diamond partnership status. This gives us a perfect record since we first achieved the status in 2014 and places us in an extremely elite group of Diamond partners in the EMEA. […]
HELP AG SUPPORTS A WORTHY CAUSE

At Help AG, we have an established track record for delivering excellence in local support. Recently we had a chance to prove this in more ways than one through an initiative that will not only enable us to better deliver our services, but also allowed us to give back to the community. As an incentive […]
SECURITY ADVISORY: MELTDOWN & SPECTRE CHIP VULNERABILITIES

As you may now be aware, a new set of vulnerabilities were published over the new year dubbed ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’. These two families of attacks are notable as they are not related to specific software flaws, but are based on exploiting architectural shortcomings in Intel x86 and Atom processers, which fuel most PCs and […]
YOU’VE GOT MAIL (AND IT MIGHT BE YOUR BIGGEST SECURITY THREAT)

Today, the most prevalent delivery system for social engineering is without parallel email and there are a number of attacks that start with social engineering. The cyber security industry believes that up to 90% of all malware infections in one way or other start with e-mail. For example, ransomware, which has been the biggest cyber […]
A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DARK WEB

A term that often pops up when talking about cyber criminals and organized hacking groups is the Dark Web- a mysterious space ruled by spy-like ‘cloak and dagger’ policies and inherently portrayed negatively by the media. But is it really all it’s made out to be? Is every user on the Dark Web malicious? Is […]