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		<title>OryxLabs’ new report assigns a national score for the UAE&#8217;s level of email security for the first time</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/oryxlabs-new-report-assigns-a-national-score-for-the-uaes-level-of-email-security-for-the-first-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[email authentication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Authentication Deployment Score]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OryxLabs, a leading UAE cybersecurity firm providing national-level tools, insights, and advisory, has published a report that assigns the country an Email Authentication Deployment Score (EADS) for the first time. This rating is based on actual network data collected across the country, which was processed, refined, and analysed to give an actual account of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Safaricom has it all to do to succeed as Ethiopia’s second telco</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/safaricom-has-it-all-to-do-to-succeed-as-ethiopias-second-telco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethio Telecom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[incumbent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile money]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A consortium led by Kenya’s Safaricom continues to celebrate the award of the second telco license in Ethiopia in May for a reported bid price of US$850 million. Given all that is taking place in Ethiopia at this time, it shall require a amount of skill and determination to make this greenfield operation profitable in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons for companies in the Middle East from the Colonial Pipeline hack</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/lessons-for-companies-in-the-middle-east-from-the-colonial-pipeline-hack/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/lessons-for-companies-in-the-middle-east-from-the-colonial-pipeline-hack/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2021 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CNI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial Pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critical national infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber resilience]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in the US offers a sharp reminder how critical national infrastructure remains a highly prized and targeted sector for hackers, despite there having been a lull in such attacks in the Middle East in recent years. In the case of Colonial Pipeline, the ransomware attack resulted in significant [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Zain hands over management of touch in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/zain-hands-over-management-of-touch-in-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orascom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecom ministry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Zain Group is reported to have handed over the management of touch, the leading mobile operator in Lebanon, to a new management and board, appointed by Lebanon’s telecoms ministry on October 30, 2020. Zain, which has managed touch since June 2004, said it would reapply, if permitted, to manage one of Lebanon’s two state-owned mobile [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Batelco provides nationwide 5G coverage in Bahrain</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/batelco-provides-nationwide-5g-coverage-in-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/batelco-provides-nationwide-5g-coverage-in-bahrain/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Batelco has successfully activated 5G coverage across Bahrain, which is available in all four governorates, covering 95% of the nation’s population. The telco’s launch of the network makes Batelco the first operator to provide national 5G coverage in Bahrain. In March 2019, Batelco signed a partnership agreement with Ericsson to build a national 5G mobile [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>NZ attacks again highlight that cyber defence benefits surely outweigh costs</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/nz-attacks-again-highlight-that-cyber-defence-benefits-surely-outweigh-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/nz-attacks-again-highlight-that-cyber-defence-benefits-surely-outweigh-costs/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of recent cyber attacks reported to have targeted and disrupted the usual operation of the stock exchange in New Zealand (NZX) again highlight the case for proactive investment in cyber defences ahead of cyber incidences occurring or being attempted. New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has been called in to help the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Countries in Africa in urgent need of national cyber vetting and code review</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/countries-in-africa-in-urgent-need-of-national-cyber-vetting-and-code-review/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/countries-in-africa-in-urgent-need-of-national-cyber-vetting-and-code-review/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code review]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a huge fan of the popular TV series Border Security: Australia’s Front Line, where visitors to the country’s airports are put through their paces in a bid to prevent the importation of prohibited items. &#160; Troubling news recently that tens of thousands, and perhaps many more, of China-sourced mobile devices in a number [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Resurrecting the Decisive Dozen in tumultuous times</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/resurrecting-the-decisive-dozen-in-tumultuous-times/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/resurrecting-the-decisive-dozen-in-tumultuous-times/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate strategy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Decisive Dozen list was first compiled by Comm. in 2010, and published in early 2011, with the aim of identifying the top 12 telco service provider leaders across the Middle East and Africa who had exerted the highest impact on the sector measured by their company’s activities. At the time, economies across the world [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State-sponsored hacking emerges as the new arms race</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/state-sponsored-hacking-emerges-as-the-new-arms-race/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/state-sponsored-hacking-emerges-as-the-new-arms-race/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://comm.ae/?p=8269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world appears to be going through a period of rising real-world international tension, what with China and India sabre rattling over territorial claims at their shared border, and North Korea ratcheting up aggressive rhetoric against the South. Ongoing disputes continue to simmer in other regions including Syria, Yemen Hong Kong, and parts of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertainty should compel greater investment in cyber defences not less</title>
		<link>http://comm.ae/uncertainty-should-compel-greater-investment-in-cyber-defences-not-less/</link>
		<comments>http://comm.ae/uncertainty-should-compel-greater-investment-in-cyber-defences-not-less/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawanda Chihota]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pandemic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the ongoing pandemic and the havoc it is wreaking across economies and societies around the world has me a little skittish, but the revelations this week that Japanese car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack made me hope this is not a precursor to significant difficulties for yet another global brand. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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