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Egyptian ministry and Avaya commit to
Digital Transformation
supports innovation through locally sourced research and talent, to
a new qualification programme for the latest smart platforms and
Avaya technologies.
This will be rolled out in co-operation with the National Institute for
Communications Regulation and the ITTi Institute.
(L) Nidal Abou-Ltaif, President, Avaya
International and (R) Dr Amr Talaat,
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and
Information Technology
Dr Talaat remarked on the importance that the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology places on co-
operating with major international companies specialised in next-
generation technology solutions.
A At the meeting, he said that the country’s partnership with Avaya
contributes to the building of a ‘digital Egypt’, stressing that Digital
Transformation is essential to improving the quality of government
services and the country’s productive capacity. Abou-Ltaif added
that he looks forward to further co-operation with the ministry.
The two discussed topics ranging from a software development
centre opened by Avaya, which will create an environment that The meeting was also attended by Dr Abeer Shaqwer, Advisor to
the Minister of Communications and Information Technology for
Community Responsibility and Services and CEO of the National
Academy for Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities,
and Ahmed Fayed, Country Manager – Egypt and Libya, Avaya.
vaya and an Egyptian ministry have declared their commitment
to the country’s Digital Transformation. Dr Amr Talaat, Egypt’s
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has met
with Nidal Abou-Ltaif, President, Avaya International, with both
affirming their commitment to Egypt’s Digital Transformation.
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Cisco launches a comprehensive security
architecture for Industrial IoT
N
etworks have become the foundational
backbone for the operational
technology (OT) that underpins
critical infrastructure including energy,
transportation and manufacturing.
industrial processes,” said Osama Al-Zoubi,
Cisco CTO for Middle East and Africa.
Cisco’s new IoT security architecture
innovations include securing the Industrial
Network Environment.
Organisations increasingly require real-
time access into the data these systems
hold to improve production, manage costs
and enhance safety metrics. Cisco has
introduced an IoT security architecture
that provides enhanced visibility across
both IT and OT environments and protects
industrial processes.
Cisco’s new solutions enable the collection
and extraction of data from the IoT Edge
so organisations can increase efficiencies
to make better business decisions and
accelerate digitisation projects.
“Organisations need complete visibility into
the most disparate of network environments
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Cisco Cyber Vision is the first software-based
security solution for automated discovery
of industrial assets delivered via Cisco’s
Industrial IoT (IIoT) networking portfolio.
Osama Al-Zoubi, Cisco CTO for Middle
East and Africa
in order to secure their industrial edge,
lower the risk of cyberthreats and optimise
Cisco Cyber Vision analyses traffic from
connected assets, creates segmentation
policies in Cisco ISE and DNA Centre
to prevent lateral movement of threats
across the operational environments and is
powered by Cisco Talos’ threat intelligence.
This provides real-time monitoring of
cybersecurity threats to industrial assets and
processes that impact uptime, productivity
and safety.
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