BizBahrain_March_April_2017

Technology
Cyber Criminals in Bahrain
target SMEs
The threat to SMEs in Bahrain comes
from the wider trend for cyber
criminals to target the individual,
as well as the enterprise. With the
consumerisation of IT and BYOD,
workers carry a great deal of sensitive
data on their smartphones that is
exchanged back with their company
servers. This makes single devices
a potential gateway to a wealth of
company and private data. If employees
are working remotely, for example from
a café using guest Wi-Fi, that can also
add a layer of vulnerability unless the
correct security policies have been
applied to the user and device based
upon their location.
Typically, the SME market lacks the
in-house IT expertise that is required to
monitor and secure the network at the
individual device level, meaning they
may be viewed as an easier target by
cyber criminals, as recent attacks have
suggested.
Most employees believe IT has
their back so the weakest link is many
times employees themselves. Our recent
research has shown that, in order to get
the job done, 6 in 10 workers are sharing
their personal device with colleagues. In
the fast-moving world of SMEs, we see a
good deal of entrepreneurial spirit, lots
of sharing of information and a fairly
minimal focus on company security
policies. This has an impact - a third of
workers admit to losing company data
through misusing a mobile device.
The answer is not to restrict
employees sharing data or connecting
using mobile devices. It’s about
providing a secure infrastructure for
them to work in. Even for a small firm
of just two employees, formalizing an
approach to information security is
crucial. Such a policy should cover
roles, devices, locations and other
contextual attributes, securing corporate
information and systems without
impacting usability and employee
productivity.
In the past, SMEs have lacked this
kind of expertise in house, but through
growing partner networks that offer
service models via the Cloud, they are
now able to access expert consultancy
and infrastructure without paying the
premium price.
Best ways SMEs can protect
themselves from malicious cyberattacks
SME leaders need to nurture
creativity and a degree of risk taking
in order to get the best from their
workforce, while at the same time
recognising that attacks will happen
and to have a contingency plan for this.
Inevitably, this puts a lot of pressure on
IT to take an adaptive trust approach to
device connectivity and data security.
It starts with identifying individual
worker preferences in order to build
secure infrastructures around them.
Employee training comes next, and
this should not only include a needsassessment
by employee type, but
should also educate employees on why
such actions are important and how
they can assist in improving company
security.
Finally, there must be a mechanism
for employees to provide feedback to IT
and a service level agreement should be
in place for how to respond to employee
input and requests. Often IT is able to
improve the effectiveness of workflows
and policies simply by listening to
employee feedback.
How SMEs adapt to the preferred
behaviours of their workforce may be
the make or break for long term growth.
Embracing the need for openness,
innovation, collaboration and some
degree of risk is good - but only when an
organisation can understand and plan
for the security risks these behaviours
bring with them.
LG’s new Nano Cell
Technology
Employing the most advanced colorenhancing
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(models SJ9500, SJ8500 and SJ8000)
featuring Nano Cell technology took
LCD TV viewing to a whole new level at
CES 2017 in Las Vegas.
The third generation LG SUPER
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technology will render the most
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enabling wider viewing angles. All of
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coupled with the thin, aesthetically
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trouble finding the perfect TV model to
fit their needs and expectations.
Nano Cell LCD displays offer
a technological advantage by
employing uniformly-sized particles
approximately one nanometer in
diameter to create more subtle, accurate
colors that can be viewed from wider
angles than other TVs, including
Quantum Dot displays. Ideal for large,
high-resolution TVs, LG SUPER UHD
TVs with Nano Cell deliver consistent
colors at wider viewing angles with
virtually no color difference for viewers
seated directly in front of the screen
and those watching from a 60 degree
angle.
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