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Forrester Research has named CrowdStrike a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Q2 2023 report*. According to the report, “few companies can boast a string of successes like CrowdStrike. The vendor became a pre-eminent incident response firm and a dominant player in the endpoint security space. It delivers an exceptional MDR service and taught cybersecurity firms how SaaS businesses work.” As the Forrester report states, “CrowdStrike’s extensive view of the threat landscape and incident response services give it an advantage when it comes to threat intelligence and managed detection...For companies that are looking to source products, platforms and services from one provider and that want superior threat intelligence added in, then CrowdStrike is the right choice.” In Forrester’s evaluation, CrowdStrike received the highest score possible in 12 of the 23 criteria: - Current offering: Threat hunting, threat intelligence, managed detection, m...

Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) have completed a network consolidation programme that provides a superior experience for Indosat’s growing subscriber base. The programme, which covers major cities in Java (Surabaya, Semarang and Yogyakarta), and the regions of Sumatera and Kalimantan, will improve Indosat’s network performance and capacity. Nokia is an Indosat partner and has helped it to optimise the total number of physical sites across its sub-brands, IM3 and Tri, by a combined 30%. Indosat has also deployed sites in new regions, providing better indoor coverage and faster speeds. The combined spectrum assets from both service providers were leveraged, improving the performance for IM3 by up to 42% and up to 170% for Tri. Nokia’s latest AirScale portfolio helped Indosat modernise its network, enhancing the capacity and operational efficiency which will support 5G services and accelerate time to market. Nokia also supported with the design process, enabling Indosat to...

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, is collaborating with IBM to provide a security solution for businesses in Asia Pacific (APAC) markets. The co-developed solution aims to mitigate mounting cybersecurity risks while creating a secure, stable and protected cloud environment for clients. Designed to help companies - particularly those in the internet, finance, retail and manufacturing industries - to meet their respective security requirements and obligations, the solution integrates features of IBM’s security products, QRadar SIEM and QRadar SOAR , with Alibaba Cloud’s security capabilities. It provides services including real-time reporting and centralised visibility into the cloud environment to detect threats such as ransomware, insider threats and cloud attacks. According to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , there were twice as many threat hijacking attempts per month in 2022, compared to 2021 data. Asia-Pacific retaine...