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From an Endpoint Security Provider that Integrates Vendor Agnostic Telemetry, Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has announced the general availability of Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with new industry-first threat detection and response capabilities. The company has also introduced Sophos Marketplace and $1 Million Breach Protection Warranty.    Sophos X-Ops Identifies LockBit 3.0 Similarities to BlackMatter; Attackers Use Pentesting and Credential Theft to Evade Detection, Requiring Specialized MDR Skills to Spot Them.  Commenting, Joe Levy, chief technology and product officer at Sophos said: “The only way to reliably detect and neutralize determined…

Emmanuel Ojeabulu, the winner of the 61st FirstBank Lagos Open Golf Championship, the premier golf championship which was held from 18 – 20 November at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938, has been listed in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). The FirstBank Lagos Open Golf Championship was keenly contested by over 190 low-handicap players from several golf clubs in the country. But Benin-based Emmanuel Ojeabulu won the 3-day championship. Playing three shots off the pace going into the last 18-holes, Ojeabulu played one of the best golf of his life, maintaining steady pars for a closing 74, 3-over…

We should have known by now there are lots of opportunists in every sector of our country with some in the media utilizing the docility and vulnerability of Nigerians of churn out information that usually pitches citizens against their leaders to the extent that the narrative has now become more of a leader having to wear rags and torn clothes around before he is seen to have integrity. I and my wife were in Marrakech, Morocco recently and we searched for Nigerian food or place to change Naira to Moroccan Dirhams and we could not find any, this is contrary…

Africa Data Centres is expanding its Sameer facility in Nairobi by up to 15MW of Information Technology load with the facility built in the company’s leading-edge modular design. Announcing this in a statement, Tesh Durvasula, Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres, said the new data centre will begin with 5MW of IT load and will be built in the company’s leading-edge modular design, adding that the innovative approach sees the entire facility, including all critical plant rooms, prefabricated off-site to ensure the highest possible quality. Local contractors will be used to lay foundations, assemble, and complete the build. “Africa…

One of Nigeria’s telecom services providers, Airtel sealed a partnership deal with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to connect 620 primary schools and 300,000 students in Nigeria to digital learning in the coming three months. This partnership, which is under the Reimagine Education Initiative and will be connecting is expected to benefit these schools and students with access to the internet and devices. In the first year of the five-year partnership, Airtel will provide all the resources for digital learning to the 620 identified schools including reliable broadband connectivity, tablets, and free access to a world class curriculum through…

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) has assured international students of affordable tuition fees and an unbroken, no-strikes academic programme even in the face of global recession, the rising cost of living including educational fees and numerous strikes in universities across the world. AIT, an independent technology-focused research university based in Accra, has been consistently ranked as the top private university in Ghana and one of the leading educational institutions in West Africa since it commenced its academic year in 2009. AIT is affiliated with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Open University Malaysia allowing it to offer…

Barring any unforeseen, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) will grant licenses to companies to operate as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) before the end of this year. The telecom regulator insists that this is part of a strategic effort to ensure the provision of qualitative and efficient telecommunications services throughout the country.  Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), NCC, revealed this at the Business Remarks Telecom Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) in Lagos this week with the theme “Creating Awareness and Ensuring Sustainability of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Nigeria’s 5G Ecosystem”.  The session brought to…

A new survey from Sophos, a leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service has found that the cloud is a growing target for cyberattacks, indicating that among Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) users, 56% experienced an increase in the volume of attacks and 67% were hit by ransomware.  The survey, “The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022’, also found that many of these users, a lack of visibility into their infrastructure, unpatched vulnerabilities and resource misconfigurations make them susceptible to various types of attacks, including ransomware. Of those surveyed, only 37% track and detect resource misconfigurations and…

The implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020 – 2030 has resulted in the impressive growth of the economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has posited. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who posited at the 2nd International Conference of the Association of Media and Communications Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON) Taking Place Virtually, stated that implementation of the policy is attributed to the impressive statistics posted by the telecommunications sector, which is presently reputed as the second largest contributor to the national economy aside from the agricultural sector. NDEPS policy is targeted at…

AstraZeneca has planned the expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 new countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in nine countries, is designed to contribute to the prevention and control of hypertension and decrease the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) across Africa. The World Heart Federation states that in 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for one million deaths from CVDs or 5.4% of all CVD-related deaths worldwide and 13% of all deaths in Africa. Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.…