Gulf Air, Shifra in deal to boost E-mail security

Dubai : Shifra, an information security, identity protection and enterprise mobility solution provider yesterday announced it has equipped Gulf Air with next-gen secure e-mail security solutions from Proofpoint. According to Shifra, Proofpoint Email Protection stops malware and non-malware threats such as impostor e-mail – also known as business email compromise, or BEC – and it provides granular filtering to control bulk ‘graymail’ and other unwanted e-mail. Meanwhile, business continuity capabilities keep e-mail communications flowing, even if the e-mail server fails. Commenting on the deal, Dr Jassim Haji, Director of Information Technology at Gulf Air said, “E-mail service is one of the areas that opens us up to external threats and it is therefore important to be armed with the right secure e-mail gateway, complemented by up-to-date, advanced threat intelligence and protection features.” Explaining further, Mohammad Ismail, VP of Sales at Shifra said, “More than 90 per cent of targeted attacks use e-mails as an entry point. Applying appropriate safeguards defends enterprise networks from cyber attacks that threaten mission-critical, sensitive and confidential information from getting into a hacker’s hands.”