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Kristina Tantsyura, CEO of InfoWatch Gulf, the InfoWatch Group’s representative office in the Middle East, has been elected a board member of the Russian Business Council in Dubai, UAE, to become the first IT industry spokesperson in the board since the council establishment.

InfoWatch Group has announced the renewal of the sponsorship agreement with Mikhail Mamistov, a Russian powered and glider aerobatic pilot and all-around world champion listed in both the Guinness Book of World Records and the Russian Book of Records, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, instructor pilot of Sukhoi company, and a member of the Russian national aerobatics team. As per the agreement, InfoWatch will support Mikhail’s preparation as part of the national team for the European Aerobatic Championship in the highest complexity category (Unlimited) to be held in September 2018 in the Czech Republic.

InfoWatch Traffic Monitor, the InfoWatch’s flagship DLP product designed to prevent confidentiality breaches and protect enterprises from insider threats, became one of the winners of the Best IT Solution contest organized by Moscow Innovations Agency. The contest's Expert council selected 20 IT products that have high export potential and will receive promotion support on international markets.

InfoWatch Group, a Russian vendor of end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity solutions, and Microsoft Russia unveiled an integration solution created to secure information traffic of enterprise users of Microsoft Office 365.

InfoWatch Group has announced InfoWatch Person Monitor 7, a solution that continuously monitors personnel’s use of corporate desktops and mobile devices, detects risky employee behavior and unauthorized use of enterprise’s information assets, as well as collects evidence for cybersecurity investigations.

At the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2018 held in Dubai (UAE), InfoWatch Group, a Russian vendor of end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity solutions, has announced the release of InfoWatch Prediction, a User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) solution that automatically predicts cybersecurity risks associated with HR and finance policies, malicious insiders, account compromising, as well as other HR-critical processes. The first product version will become commercially available later this year, focusing on proactive detection of employees that are about to leave.

As part of the global Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) to be held in Dubai (UAE) on May 1-3, 2018, InfoWatch Group will unveil its international digital technology and cybersecurity training center in the Middle East for local government officials and business executives, as well as students from field-specific universities. InfoWatch Group specialists will also talk about technology trends and promising solutions in enterprise cybersecurity.

According to the Global Data Leakage Report 2017 prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center and based on publicly available information, the number of compromised data records worldwide, including social security numbers, bank card details, and other critical information, grew more than four-fold year over year, from 3.1 billion to 13.3 billion. During the period under review, global mass media and other open sources reported a total of 2,131 data leaks from enterprises, which is 37% more than in 2016.

InfoWatch Gulf, an InfoWatch Group’s representative office in the Middle East, will be a partner of Artelligence 2018, an artificial intelligence forum to be held in Dubai (UAE) on April 25-26, 2018, and supported by the Smart Dubai Government, with His Excellency Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, being involved. As part of the forum’s business agenda, Kristina Tantsyura, CEO of InfoWatch Gulf, will talk about the importance of data security in the era of digital transformation and artificial intelligence. 

InfoWatch Gulf, the InfoWatch Group’s representative office in the Middle East, has made it to the final shortlist for Channel Middle East Awards 2018 in ‘Security Vendor of the Year’ category, alongside Attivo Networks, Barracuda Networks, Cisco, Fortinet, Infoblox, LogRhythm, Mimecast, and Sophos.