The TRA Announces Two new Sponsorships and Ticket Prices for Black Hat Abu Dhabi
By United Business Media ubm Middle East, PRNEMonday, September 20, 2010
ABU DHABI, UAE, September 21, 2010 - Both Red Lamdba and NetWitness Corporation have signed as
Silver sponsors for Black Hat Abu Dhabi, an event bringing together companies
and industry experts to discuss many of the important security issues such as
on-line protection, malware, security of cloud communications and many other
topics that concern both private and public sectors. Black Hat is the world's
leading family of information security events produced by United Business
Media's TechWeb division.
Black Hat Abu Dhabi is brought to the Middle East for the
first time by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA),
represented by the UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) and in
cooperation with Khalifa University of Science and Technology in partnership
with United Business Media (UBM).
U.S. based Red Lambda is a leader in massively scalable and
identity-aware network security software for enterprise, government and
service provider organizations. Their solutions allow organizations to
securely compute, communicate and collaborate without borders or limitations,
and their AppIronTM Grid Platform protects vital people, resources and assets
from a broad spectrum of threats regardless of their physical topology or
geography through utilizing advanced grid and cloud computing technologies.
"As the first ever Black Hat slated for Abu Dhabi, we see this
event as an excellent opportunity to present our AppIron Grid Platform and
new FireGrid Unified Threat Management solution to key decision-makers," said
Rob Bird, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of Red Lambda.
"Virtualization and mobility are driving a seismic shift in computing and
networking topologies, and network security must radically change to keep up
and protect against an equally evolving threatscape. Fortunately, there are
forums such as Black Hat to explore these important issues and offer
ground-breaking solutions."
NetWitness Corporation is the world leader in real-time
network forensics and automated threat intelligence solutions, helping
government and commercial organizations detect, prioritize and remediate
complex IT risks. NetWitness solutions are designed to solve a wide variety
of information security problems including sensitive data discovery and
advanced data leakage detection; malware activity discovery and other
critical security concerns. NetWitness clients include Defence, National Law
Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies and top US and European Banks.
"This is the first Black Hat to take place in this region, and
we are very excited to be part of it," commented Chris Brown, Director, EMEA
Sales, NetWitness Corporation. "The MENA region is extremely important to us
as one of the biggest emerging markets in the world. That's why Black Hat Abu
Dhabi is an excellent opportunity for us to connect with companies and
regional IT professionals to share knowledge and showcase our range of
products and innovative solutions that can be crucial for the IT future in of
the region."
His Excellency Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, Director General of
the TRA added "We're thrilled to have two international and leading IT
security companies join us at the inaugural Black Hat Abu Dhabi. This is a
testament to our commitment in organizing an event that is credible and
relevant to the regional IT security market. Both companies have been major
participants in previous Black Hat events, and with both Red Lamdba and
NetWitness Corporation's expertise, Black Hat Abu Dhabi is guaranteed to be a
great success."
Black Hat Abu Dhabi will offer a full range of sessions,
including ten training programmes running on 8th and 9th November, followed
by three briefing tracks running simultaneously on 10th and 11th alongside
the exhibition.
To secure the Black Hat Abu Dhabi briefings early bird rate of
$1335 USD, available until the 31st of October, companies, government
agencies, associations, academic institutions and individuals should register
at www.blackhat.com. From the 1st - 7th of November and on-site the
price will rise to $1465 USD and $1735 USD respectively. Training courses can
also be booked and are priced $1900 USD - $3900 USD.
For more information on sponsorship or to register as a delegate for
training or briefing please visit: www.blackhat.com or contact
becky.crayman@ubm.com, +971(0)2-406-4317.
About NetWitness
NetWitness (R) Corporation is the world leader in real-time
network forensics and automated threat intelligence solutions, helping
government and commercial organizations detect, prioritize and remediate
complex IT risks. NetWitness solutions concurrently solve a wide variety of
information security problems including: advanced persistent threat
management; sensitive data discovery and advanced data leakage detection;
malware activity discovery; insider threat management; policy and controls
verification and e-discovery. Originally developed for the US Intelligence
Community, NetWitness has evolved to provide enterprises around the world
with breakthrough methods of network content analysis and host-based risk
discovery and prioritization. NetWitness customers include Defence, National
Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies, Top US and European Banks,
Critical Infrastructure, and Global 1000 organizations. NetWitness has
offices in the U.S. and the U.K. and partners throughout North and South
America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
To download the freeware version of NetWitness Investigator,
visit download.netwitness.com. For more information about securing
your entire organization with NetWitness NextGen,
contact:sales@netwitness.com . Twitter handle: NetWitness.
About Red Lambda
Red Lambda, Inc., based in Orlando, Florida (USA), is a leader
in massively scalable and identity-aware network security software for
enterprise, government and service provider organizations. Red Lambda makes
it possible for organizations to securely compute, communicate and
collaborate without borders or limitations. The company's AppIronTM Grid
Platform protects vital people, resources and assets from a broad spectrum of
threats regardless of their physical topology or geography. AppIron utilizes
advanced grid and cloud computing technologies to enable distributed network
security solutions with supercomputer levels of performance. Today, these
solutions, called Virtual Grid Appliances, include: IntegrityTM for control
of P2P traffic and protection against illicit file sharing and the loss of
proprietary data, and FireGridTM UTM which combines Layer-7 firewall,
application control, IDS/IPS, anomaly detection, and traffic shaping to
provide unified threat management with superior performance over
hardware-based solutions. Red Lambda's products are sold through direct,
indirect, and strategic partnerships worldwide. For more information, please
visit www.redlambda.com.
For more information: Jeff Barker, Vice President of Global
Marketing, Red Lambda, 650-823-9089, jbarker@redlambda.com
Notes to the editor
For more information please see www.blackhat.com
Individuals, associations, government bodies, academic
institutions and companies interested in finding out more about Black Hat Abu
Dhabi should contact the organisers, UBM Middle East for information, on
+971-2-406-4471 or email becky.crayman@ubm.com
Black Hat briefings and training is the largest and most
important security conference series in the world. Black Hat Abu Dhabi is
organised by UBM Middle East on behalf of TechWeb, a division of United
Business Media.
For media information, please contact:
Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, E:
abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com or T: +971-4-390-1630.
Further information on UBM Middle East can be found at
www.ubmmiddleeast.com
For media information, please contact: Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, E:
abdulkarim at graylingmomentum.com or T: +971-4-390-1630. Red Lambda: Jeff Barker, Vice President of Global Marketing, Red Lambda, 650-823-9089, jbarker at redlambda.com
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