Trend Micro, CyberX To Drive Saudi Arabia’s Cybersecurity Awareness

#Trend_Micro, a global leader in #cybersecurity solutions, has announced a partnership with CyberX, a government-backed initiative, to drive the Kingdom’s #cybersecurity_awareness.

Showing the strong need for #cybersecurity, the Kingdom ranked as the most-attacked GCC country for malware and banking malware in 2019, with #Trend_Micro’s 2019 Security Roundup Report recording 2,352,570 malware attacks and 4,731 banking malware attacks.

#Trend_Micro will serve as Strategic Technology Contributor of #CyberX, a Saudi community initiative under the umbrella of “Attaa initiative” to raise awareness of #cybersecurity_threats in society.

Being a (non-profit) platform, CyberX’s goal is to enrich the readable and audible Arabic content in the field of #cybersecurity through a set of products such as: podcast, 60 seconds, Meet the specialists, CyberX awareness, Infographics and CyberX videos for awareness and educational content designed to cover multiple topics for several categories.

Rasheed Alodah, #Trend_Micro

Mohannad Al Kalash, #cyberx

“As the Kingdom’s #cybersecurity_threat landscape expands, our partnership with #Trend_Micro, one of the world’s leading #cybersecurity firms, will provide Saudi organisations with latest #cybersecurity research, best practices, and insights on the Kingdom’s #cyberthreat sector,” said Mohannad AlKalash, Founder of #CyberX. “We also expect Trend Micro’s executives to provide insights on our Arabic podcasts.”

In addition to educational content presented in various forms that are appropriate to the nature of the content, #CyberX is characterised by renewed ideas that are analysed by experts in the field in which they discuss key security topics, concerns, and how to tackle them.

“As CyberX’s Strategic #Technology Contributor, #Trend_Micro will exchange global best practices and expertise to support the Kingdom’s #cybersecurity, and to contribute Arabic #cybersecurity content,” said Rasheed AlOdah, Country Manager, Trend Micro, Saudi Arabia. “Our partnership is in line with our corporate social responsibility commitment to raise awareness about #cyber_security to society, kids and families.”

Trend Micro’s Initiative for Education is the parent program for numerous global initiatives that support Internet safety for kids and families, small businesses, and universities.

Source: CXO INSIGHT Middle East