Dubai, May 17, 2017. — InfoWatch Group will be an official partner of the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) to be held on May 21-23, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At GISEC, the company is going to share its vision of InfoWatch solution promotion in the Middle East, including the opening of full-service representative offices in Dubai with other cities to follow.

As part of the plenary session, Natalya Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch Group, will join the Government Panel Discussion 'Redefining Governments Role in Cyber Security: What’s NEXT for Smarter and Safer Cities' together with Brigadier Khalid Al Razooqi, Director General, Smart Services, Dubai Police (UAE); Faisal Al Bannai, CEO & Co-founder, DarkMatter (UAE); and John Bumgarner, Research Director (CTO), US Cyber Consequences Unit (USA).   

'Every day, organizations all over the world have to manage risks related to cybersecurity threats,' said Natalya Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch Group. 'Today, the Middle Eastern market sees ever-increasing severity and number of cyber threats in both public and commercial sectors. This is why InfoWatch Group is here to offer end-to-end solutions to prevent data leaks and protect enterprises against internal threats and targeted attacks, and will be happy to share its data protection expertise with organizations of the Middle East and other regions at GISEC 2017.'

In addition, as part of the conference's business agenda, Natalya Kaspersky will hold the round table 'Government, Business and Society Face the Reality of the Present-day Digital World. Opportunities, Risks, Contradictions'. 

The event's expo will feature the latest version of InfoWatch Traffic Monitor, the company's flagship product for data leak prevention and enterprise protection against internal cybersecurity threats and additional investigations module InfoWatch Vision. Remarkably, InfoWatch is annually included in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Data Loss Prevention and for the second year in a row is recognized as the leading Russian DLP vendor in the global market.

Moreover, GISEC participants and guests will have an opportunity to see the company's new product for the international market, InfoWatch Person Monitor, and will be the first to welcome globally released InfoWatch Attack Killer for international market, a cyber security suite for online banking, e-commerce, e-government portals, online stores, collaboration systems, and other web resources. 

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InfoWatch Group is a Russian vendor of end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity solutions that effectively protect businesses against the most pressing internal and external threats.

Since 2011, InfoWatch has been doing business globally, with the company’s products being also commercially available in Western Europe, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia.

Currently, its customers include Central Bank of Bahrain, First Energy Bank of Bahrain, Venture Capital Bank, Kuwait Finance House, Prime Minister Court of Bahrain, Petrochem (UAE), Gateway Rail (India), Bank Persatuan (Malaysia), KSB Group (Indonesia), Ministry of Education of Greece, and others.

The Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) is the Gulf’s largest enterprise cybersecurity event held annually in Dubai, UAE, and aimed to support international cybersecurity dialogue, with key market needs and innovative solutions to be discussed as well. 

GISEC brings together over 6,000 professionals from various countries, with a speaker list including top industry specialists and executives from business and public sectors. The event's target audience is top managers, IT and enterprise security professionals from oil and gas, banking, finance, legal, telecom, and public sectors.

This year's plenary session will cover Internet of Things capabilities and threats, security of mobile devices and telecom systems, modern approaches to information security management, and Big Data use to prevent cybersecurity risks.