Quadprime is excited to sponsor the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Conference, taking place on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia.

The Digital Security Authority has released a comprehensive guide on the upcoming NIS2 Directive, effective from October 18, 2024. This EU-wide legislation aims to strengthen cybersecurity measures across all member states.

On 13 March 2024, the European Commission adopted the new Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), which supplement the DORA Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and specify the criteria for the classification of ICT-related incidents and cyber threats, setting out materiality thresholds and identifying the details of major incidents reports.

Viewing DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) solely as an ICT regulation and leaving it entirely in the hands of IT teams would be a shortsighted approach.

For some time now, European bodies have been actively involved in supporting the financial sector’s defences against Information and Communication Technology (ICT) threats.

Cyber-attacks It’s a sign of the time. Organizations already struggle on handling cyber-attacks from Hackers and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Groups.

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in collaboration with the Digital Security Authority (DSA) as the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre (NCC-CY), has announced the launch of a subsidy programme aimed to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information.

Our CEO, Mr Pantelis Angelides, has recently delivered a dynamic two-day workshop on "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Critical Infrastructure” successfully organised by the Digital Security Authority, on 28 and 29 November 2023.

Banks today are facing significant #ITsecurity challenges, including incomplete risk identification, perimeter security weaknesses, ineffective incident detection and response, and inadequate #crisismanagement plans. IT outsourcing arrangements often fail to sufficiently address IT security requirements.

Μνημόνιο συνεργασίας για θέματα που αφορούν τα πεδία Τεχνολογίας Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών (ICT), Κυβερνοασφάλειας (Cybersecurity) και Προστασίας Πληροφοριών (Data Protection) υπέγραψαν τη Δευτέρα, 11 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023, το Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου και η εταιρεία Quadprime, μέλος του Ομίλου MAP S.Platis.

Η κυβερνοεπίθεση με λογισμικό κακόβουλης λειτουργίας υπολογιστή (Ransomware/Λυτρισμικό) σε συγκεκριμένο εκπαιδευτικό ίδρυμα στην Κύπρο άνοιξε με θόρυβο τη συζήτηση για την κυβερνοασφάλεια.

A scenario relating to one critical infrastructure was the basis of the training and the participants had the opportunity to simulate the risk methodology on a close to reality scenario. 

In the recent CIRCULAR NO: C512, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) recognises that cyber-attacks are becoming more common and probable in recent years. 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) suggests that organisations must focus on preparedness and coordinated response to mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. 

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