Qatar Vodafone Showcases Tender

Vodafone Qatar Gold Sponsors of the 5th annual Information Security Conference for the Financial Sector organised by Qatar Central Bank showcased the companys expertise in security solutions and the Internet of Things IoT. This is the fourth consecutive year Vodafone takes part in what has become one of the most important events in the country that this year is themed under the title Securing Digital Assets and focuses on information security in Qatar infrastructure improvements and solutions for all vital sectors related to information security. In a keynote presentation entitled Security in the IoT Era Vodafone Qatars Chief Business Officer Mahmud Awad gave an overview of how IoT is fuelling digital transformation not only in the Banking and Finance industry but across all industries and the importance of security in order to keep connected devices and peoples data safe in a constantly changing world. Addressing the audience Awad said Security is a key concern for organisations globally. Protecting assets devices networks data and applications is an essential component of doing business. Vodafone Qatar is committed to provide organisations in Qatar with the latest innovative security products and services. Vodafone also showcased their various security solutions at the conference including Mobile Asset Tracking and their enhanced DDoS mitigation solution which was launched in May this year to protect businesses and governmental sectors networks from being attacked.Distributed Denial of Service attacks or DDoS is an attempt to make an organisations online service websites servers mails online payments and data transfer unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. This downtime results amongst others in a loss of productivity visitor traffic e-commerce transactions reputation and confidential data. Vodafones DDoS mitigation solution makes sure the customer network is protected from different levels of DDoS attacks including the DDoS attacks specifically targeted at customer applications.Mobile Asset Tracking enables monitoring the status of the key assets out in the field to ensure they are secure and are put to the best possible use at all times and therefore reducing costs and increasing security. Vodafones Mobile Asset Tracking is an all-inclusive solution with everything from tracking devices to wireless network hosting and reporting tools.