Day: January 18, 2023

New offices in the Middle East, strategic appointment of regional leader and partnership with CyberKnight address urgent need to protect critical infrastructure across the globe

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Xage Security, the zero trust real-world cybersecurity company, today unveiled its expansion to secure and transform critical infrastructure operations throughout the Middle East—the top energy producing region in the world. Xage has opened offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, while appointing Ray Kafity as Vice President to lead the regional team and spearhead the strategic expansion. To accelerate adoption across the Middle East, Xage has also partnered with Dubai-based CyberKnight, the leading zero trust cybersecurity distributor.

“Cyber threats targeting operators in the Middle East are of international importance. Attacks on these companies don’t just have regional implications, they have ripple effects that affect economies globally,” said Duncan Greatwood, CEO of Xage Security. “The region’s oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, chemical production, transportation, retail, and manufacturing enterprises have a heightened need for proactive cybersecurity measures. We’re confident that our expansion will accelerate the digital transformation of operators throughout the region while mitigating growing cyber threats.”

Ray Kafity joins Xage with more than 30 years of experience in enterprise technology and cybersecurity from companies such as Attivo Networks (acquired by SentinelOne), FireEye, Cisco Systems, and Blue Coat Systems. As Vice President, Kafity will spearhead the company’s Middle East, Turkey, Africa, and India expansion and manage Xage’s partnerships with CyberKnight and other leading partners. Xage will have a local team of experienced cybersecurity professionals in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the State of Qatar to work with customers and partners across the region.

CyberKnight has a long track record of implementing zero trust security frameworks for IT and operations throughout the Middle East. This partnership will accelerate adoption of the Xage Fabric, neutralizing many cyber threats to which critical infrastructure operators may currently be exposed.

“Operations across the globe are faced with securing their systems as the attack surface continues to expand. CyberKnight and Xage both believe that adopting zero trust approaches are the best, most effective way to cyber-harden the critical infrastructure sector,” said Avinash Advani, Founder and CEO at CyberKnight. “Xage’s solutions enable this transition in complex environments while blocking attacks outright. We’re excited to partner with Xage and their team of experts to bring their products to customers across the region.”

Xage has made tremendous progress in protecting critical infrastructure in North America and around the globe, with customers in industries spanning energy, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, and more. Aramco Ventures was an early investor in Xage, participating in its Series A and B rounds, and Chevron invested in its Series B.

“Xage has successfully helped critical industries introduce zero trust cybersecurity to their operations. They continue to innovate and bring powerful security solutions to their customers around the world,” said Frank Andrasco, Senior Investment Director at Aramco Ventures. “We’re thrilled to see their continued growth.”

To learn more about Xage’s suite of zero trust solutions for critical infrastructure, visit xage.com. To learn more about CyberKnight, visit their website at cyberknight.tech.

About Xage Security

Xage is the first and only zero trust real-world security company. Xage’s solutions and services accelerate and simplify the way enterprises secure, manage and transform digital operations across OT, IT, and cloud. Xage products include Identity & Access Management (IAM), remote access, and dynamic data security, all powered by the Xage Fabric. Xage also offers Cybersecurity Services, which deliver expert design, implementation, and support services to accelerate the adoption of proactive cyber-defense and underpin secure digital transformation. Xage is currently offering a free trial for secure remote access to qualified critical infrastructure operators.

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بنجالورو، الهند18 يناير / كانون الثاني 2023/PRNewswire/ — استضافت جامعة ألاينس، أول جامعة خاصة في جنوب الهند وواحدة من الجامعات الخاصة الرائدة في الهند، بنجاح حفل التخرج السنوي في الحرم الجامعي المركزي للجامعة في بنغالورو. حضر الحدث الخريجون وأسرهم وترأسه سعادة الدكتور سي إن أشواث نارايان، المحترف الزائر لجامعة ألاينس ووزير التعليم العالي وتكنولوجيا المعلومات والتكنولوجيا والعلوم والتكنولوجيا وتنمية المهارات وريادة الأعمال و سبل العيش، وحكومة ولاية كارناتاكا. حضر القاضي س. ر. بانورماث، رئيس لجنة كارناتاكا القانونية وشري هارشيت سنغال، المدير العام لشركة HashedIn by Deloitte كضيوف شرف.

بدأ الحفل بكلمة ترحيب من السيد أبهاي ج. الشابي، رئيس الجامعة، الذي هنأ الخريجين وشجعهم على تعزيز قدراتهم على التواصل وإقامة العلاقات، وتطوير المهارات ذات الصلة بشكل دوري، والتفكير كرواد أعمال وتطوير الصفات القيادية. تبع ذلك التقرير السنوي للجامعة الذي قدمه الدكتور أنوبها سينغ، نائب رئيس جامعة ألاينس الذي قدم لمحة عامة عن إنجازات الجامعة و25 عامًا من التحالف التربوي ورؤية الجامعة في أن تكون مؤسسة عالمية المستوى.

كان أبرز ما في الحدث هو الخطاب الرئيسي الذي ألقاه الدكتور سي إن أشواث نارايان، الذي هنأ الخريجين وحثهم على استخدام تعليمهم من أجل تحسين المجتمع. وتحدث عن دور المؤسسة في تشكيل قادة المستقبل وقطاع التعليم العالي المتطور في الهند. وأشار إلى تنفيذ سياسة التعليم الوطنية في ولاية كارناتاكا وهدف الدولة في تنفيذها بالكامل والمساهمة في قصة النمو الوطني.

شجع شري هارشيت سينغال من HashedIn by Deloitte الخريجين على مواصلة التعلم والاستعداد للتغييرات المستمرة والاضطرابات التي تحدث في العالم. أقر القاضي س. ر. بانورماث، رئيس لجنة كارناتاكا القانونية، بدور الوالدين والأسرة والمعلمين في نجاح الخريجين وشجعهم على الاستفادة من الفرص والمساهمة في المجتمع.

واختتمت الفعالية بتقديم ميداليات وشهادات تقدير للطلبة المتفوقين في تخصصاتهم، ومنح الشهادات والدبلومات لجميع الخريجين، مما يجعل الحفل نهايةً لا تُنسى. وشهد الحفل تخريج 2445 طالبًا حصل 1615 منهم على درجات علمية، وحصل 830 على دبلومات؛ وحصل 14 على درجة الدكتوراه. تم منح ميداليات وشهادات تقدير لـ 161 من أصحاب الرتب.

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SEONGNAM, South Korea, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — One of South Korea’s leading game giants, NEOWIZ, has announced that it has successfully raised $12M in private funding for its Web3 gaming platform, Intella X, in anticipation of its upcoming launch on Polygon.

The raise included over +20 investors from various sectors and includes notable partners such as Polygon, Animoca Brands, Magic Eden, Planetarium, Big Brain Holdings, Global Coin Research, Crit Ventures, JoyCity, Pearl Abyss, XL Games, and WEMIX.

As the next-generation Web3 gaming platform, Intella X’s mission is to bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3 through unique platform protocols, services, and games.

“Develop and Earn”, and “Contribute-Play and Earn”

What sets Intella X apart from its competitors is that the platform perpetually rewards the contributors of its ecosystem (i.e Game developers and users) with its native platform token, the Intella X token through its unique, rewarding service protocol, ‘Proof of Contribution’.

Furthermore, the platform also redistributes shares of its revenue back to the contributors through its unique decentralized revenue distribution protocol to further exercise the fundamental values of Web3.

In combination with its one-of-a-kind service protocols and wide genres of games in its 2023 lineup, the platform offers additional features in an effort to remove high-entry barriers and to improve user experience in Web3.  From streamlined wallet creation to implementation of meta transactions, Intella X has set its mission on providing high-quality games and user-friendly environment to accelerate mass adoption.

Intella X is set to launch on Polygon in the first quarter of 2023 along with its proprietary Web3 wallet, DEX (Decentralized Exchange), NFT marketplace, launchpad, and games.

Follow Intella X socials for news and announcements.

Homepage – https://www.intellax.io
Twitter – https://twitter.com/TeamIntella
Discord – https://discord.com/invite/ATbzFeM4C4
Medium – https://medium.com/@intellax

About NEOWIZ
Established in 1997, NEOWIZ (KOSDAQ:095660) is a considered pioneer and one of the leading game companies in Korea. The company has successfully published a wide variety of PC and mobile games through https://www.pmang.com/ since 2003 and has also co-developed and launched wildly successful titles such as FIFA online, Brave Nine, DJMAX Respect, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Cats & Soup, and highly anticipated, three-time Gamescom award-winning title, Lies of P.

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BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — COVID-19 vaccines produced in China have been proven to be safe and effective by clinical trials and real-world data. The vaccines have helped save people in China and around the world, which is an irreversible accomplishment and cannot be challenged by denialists.

Various options

China is the only country with COVID-19 vaccines developed via multiple technical routes – they work in different ways.

In addition to mRNA vaccines that uses new technology as the Pfizer Inc. product, people can also choose the well-tested, traditional inactivated vaccines, which turned out to be the mainstream in China.

Chinese companies also made viral vector vaccines and protein subunit vaccines to give people more options.

In addition to the mechanism of action, Chinese vaccines also come in different forms – jabs, inhalers and nasal sprays – in case you prefer one of them.

In total, there are currently 13 vaccine products available in China.

Safety first

“China always puts first the safety of vaccines,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a regular press conference on Friday. “China-made vaccines have a good safety record with overall low adverse event rate.”

Billions of people have taken the Chinese jabs, which is hard evidence of the vaccines’ safety. As of January 12, over 1.3 billion people in China have taken over 3.4 billion doses of vaccines, with more than 241 million of them aged above 60.

According to statistics from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 188 cases of severe adverse reactions were reported from December 15, 2020, to April 30, 2021, on the Chinese mainland after a total of 265 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered, with a rate of 0.07 per 100,000 doses. CDC called the rate “extremely rare.”

Three of the Chinese vaccine products are on the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization (WHO). Sinovac’s CoronaVac is the only vaccine on the list that is recommended to use on children aged between three and four. In August 2022, CoronaVac was approved by regulators in Chile and China’s Hong Kong to be used on six-month-old babies.

Solid effectiveness

By law in China, a vaccine must go through clinical trials in order to get government approval, during which the effectiveness must be scientifically proven. Many Chinese vaccines, like products from Sinopharm and Sinovac, were tested among different races of people.

In a Phase-III trial of CoronaVac in Türkiye that involved more than 10,000 people, two doses of the vaccine yielded an efficacy of 83.5 percent. Researchers said the vaccine “has high efficacy with a good safety and tolerability profile.”

According to the WHO, a large multi-country Phase-III trial of Sinopharm’s vaccine also demonstrated a 79-percent efficacy against hospitalization, which is high enough to get recommendation from the organization.

When the WHO listed the first Chinese vaccine for emergency use in May, 2021, head of the organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they included the product for its “safety, efficacy and quality.”

Compared with other vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer during that time, the inactive vaccine from China had an advantage: It can be stored and transported in a standard refrigerator at 2-8 degrees Celsius. It is particularly suitable for developing countries with inadequate vaccine storage and transportation facilities to store large amounts of vaccines at low temperatures.

Helping the world

China donated and exported a big amount of its COVID-19 vaccines, fulfilling its international responsibility, especially when some of the most developed countries stockpiled vaccines for its own people.

According to data analytics Airfinity, the U.S. and UK exported almost none of their vaccine storage by the end of March 2021. Emmanuel Macron, president of U.S. ally France, urged the U.S. to drop its restrictions on the export of COVID-19 vaccines and ingredients in May 2021, when more than half people in the U.S. have received at least one dose.

More than 120 countries and international organizations received over 2.2 billion doses of vaccines made in China. People in more than 100 countries used Chinese vaccine products, among them are leaders of over 30 countries.

The Chinese vaccines are precious achievements of the country’s fight against COVID-19, which also benefited people in many other countries. These contributions should not be discredited or distorted.

Link: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-01-17/China-s-COVID-19-vaccines-proven-safe-effective-by-trials-and-data-1gFeDhuFJ0k/index.html