StarLink Showcases Best Practices to Secure Access to Sensitive Data at its IT Security Roadshow

JLT, UAE - March 31, 2014 - PRLog -- StarLink, the region’s trusted IT security-specialized “true” Value-Added-Distributor (VAD) today announced its annual StarLink IT Security Road Show between 7^th April and 23^rd April, conducted across the GCC countries (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman), in partnership with 7 of its key strategic vendors: TITUS, Ipswitch, Bit9, Venafi, RedSeal Networks, Tripwire and MobileIron. As there is significant need to reduce risk arising from mismanagement of highly sensitive data and insider breaches, StarLink’s IT Security Roadshow 2014 will consist of presentations covering best-of-breed solutions which focus on securing and safeguarding the most sensitive data.

The IT Security landscape in the Middle East has changed dramatically in recent years. Last year alone the region saw an estimated 2164 data breach incidents with over 822 million records exposed. Large companies and government entities consistently succumb to targeted attacks that not only stain their reputation, but also cause them significant collateral damage. StarLink’s IT Security Roadshow this year will advise CISO’s and top level IT Security key decision makers, to put in place an effective information security program after recognizing the real risks facing their businesses and to take steps to improve their security posture by preparing more thoroughly for breaches.

Nidal Othman, Managing Director, StarLink said, “Sensitive data security is increasingly a concern in the Middle East as companies in the region have become targets for people, both internally and externally, misappropriating private information. There is a consistent need to locate, identify and classify sensitive data to reduce data privacy risks, lower potential data sharing exposure and improve compliance.  At our IT Security Roadshow, we will provide a comprehensive approach to data privacy and compliance which are essential to a data breach. The key note speakers are high-profile global and regional IT Security consultants, and will help customers gain analytical insights into current and future trends, risks and threats within their IT security environments”.

About StarLink.

StarLink, headquartered in Dubai, is the leading IT compliance driven solutions provider and was founded in 2005. StarLink is recognized as a "Trusted Security Advisor" and market leader in automating the entire IT compliance auditing process to help customers in the Middle East region reduce IT Risk, with a focus on enterprises in the Financial, Telco and Government sectors. StarLink works with organizations to achieve and sustain compliance and optimally manage risks through full policy, procedure and controls lifecycle management. StarLink's solution offerings are now installed in more than 200 data centers in the Middle East, including 100 of the top regional banks and 15 of the regional's top Telcos. The company’s customers trust StarLink to secure their critical enterprise data and safeguard access to sensitive data in the most demanding datacenter environments in the region by monitoring, security and auditing privileged user access to provide 100% visibility on all activities.