INFOWATCH GROUP’S NATALYA KASPERSKY TO HELP SPEARHEAD ‘GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’

InfoWatch Group, the leading global vendor of end-to-end enterprise cybersecurity solutions, will take a leading role in today’s Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence round table - one of the opening events of the World Government Summit 2018, being held in Dubai until February 14.

As part of the week-long summit’s business agenda, Natalya Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch Group, will join a who’s who of international public and private sector figures working in the Artificial Intelligence and cyber industries including round table moderator, His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, the UAE’s State Minister for Artificial Intelligence.

At the round table, Kaspersky will share the latest information security aspects for implementing new technologies in public administration systems, as well as the importance of both cybersecurity education and fostering highly-qualified data protection specialists. Kaspersky will also discuss cooperation opportunities with leading UAE universities on mutually-beneficial cybersecurity education initiatives.

With the UAE currently helping shape a global artificial intelligence (AI) control strategy, the summit will explore AI best practices that can be implemented in e-government systems to improve efficiency and security, as well as nurture an innovative and high-performance environment.

InfoWatch Gulf, the company’s representative office in UAE, has been operating since 2017, with InfoWatch Traffic Monitor and its module InfoWatch Vision now regarded as flagship products in the Middle East market. InfoWatch Group underlined its commitment to the region by unveiling its hardware and software suite TaigaPhone at GITEX Technology Week 2017 in Dubai.

About InfoWatch

The InfoWatch Group of Companies is a developer of integrated solutions that ensure enterprise information security. The company was founded in 2003 by Natalia Kaspersky as a fully independent entity incorporating InfoWatch, Attack Killer, Cezurity, EgoSecure, Kribrum and Taiga brands. The Group's product portfolio comprises efficient solutions to protect enterprises against the most challenging internal and external threats.

The company began operating in the global market in 2011, with the InfoWatch Group now selling its products in Western Europe, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. The company has an extensive partner network and 15 InfoWatch offices operate worldwide, including two full-scale local representative offices—InfoWatch Gulf in Dubai (UAE) and InfoWatch SDN BHD in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

The Group's current customers include: Central Bank of Bahrain, Prime Minister’s Court of Bahrain, First Energy Bank B.S.C. (Bahrain), Venture Capital Bank (Bahrain), Kuwait Finance House, Petrochem (UAE), Gateway Rail (India), Bank Persatuan (Malaysia), KSB Group (Indonesia), Ministry of Education of Greece, etc.