ABU DHABI, UAE, September 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Both Red Lamdba and NetWitness Corporation have signed as Silver sponsors for Black Hat Abu Dhabi, an event bringing together companies and industry experts to discuss many of the important security issues such as on-line protection, malware, security of cloud communications and many other topics that concern both private and public sectors. Black Hat is the world's leading family of information security events produced by United Business Media's TechWeb division.

Black Hat Abu Dhabi is brought to the Middle East for the first time by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), represented by the UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) and in cooperation with Khalifa University of Science and Technology in partnership with United Business Media (UBM).

U.S. based Red Lambda is a leader in massively scalable and identity-aware network security software for enterprise, government and service provider organizations. Their solutions allow organizations to securely compute, communicate and collaborate without borders or limitations, and their AppIronTM Grid Platform protects vital people, resources and assets from a broad spectrum of threats regardless of their physical topology or geography through utilizing advanced grid and cloud computing technologies.

As the first ever Black Hat slated for Abu Dhabi, we see this event as an excellent opportunity to present our AppIron Grid Platform and new FireGrid Unified Threat Management solution to key decision-makers, said Rob Bird, Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of Red Lambda. Virtualization and mobility are driving a seismic shift in computing and networking topologies, and network security must radically change to keep up and protect against an equally evolving threatscape. Fortunately, there are forums such as Black Hat to explore these important issues and offer ground-breaking solutions.

NetWitness Corporation is the world leader in real-time network forensics and automated threat intelligence solutions, helping government and commercial organizations detect, prioritize and remediate complex IT risks. NetWitness solutions are designed to solve a wide variety of information security problems including sensitive data discovery and advanced data leakage detection; malware activity discovery and other critical security concerns. NetWitness clients include Defence, National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies and top US and European Banks.

This is the first Black Hat to take place in this region, and we are very excited to be part of it, commented Chris Brown, Director, EMEA Sales, NetWitness Corporation. The MENA region is extremely important to us as one of the biggest emerging markets in the world. That's why Black Hat Abu Dhabi is an excellent opportunity for us to connect with companies and regional IT professionals to share knowledge and showcase our range of products and innovative solutions that can be crucial for the IT future in of the region.

His Excellency Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, Director General of the TRA added We're thrilled to have two international and leading IT security companies join us at the inaugural Black Hat Abu Dhabi. This is a testament to our commitment in organizing an event that is credible and relevant to the regional IT security market. Both companies have been major participants in previous Black Hat events, and with both Red Lamdba and NetWitness Corporation's expertise, Black Hat Abu Dhabi is guaranteed to be a great success.

Black Hat Abu Dhabi will offer a full range of sessions, including ten training programmes running on 8th and 9th November, followed by three briefing tracks running simultaneously on 10th and 11th alongside the exhibition.

To secure the Black Hat Abu Dhabi briefings early bird rate of $1335 USD, available until the 31st of October, companies, government agencies, associations, academic institutions and individuals should register at http://www.blackhat.com. From the 1st - 7th of November and on-site the price will rise to $1465 USD and $1735 USD respectively. Training courses can also be booked and are priced $1900 USD - $3900 USD.

For more information on sponsorship or to register as a delegate for training or briefing please visit: http://www.blackhat.com or contact becky.crayman@ubm.com, +971(0)2-406-4317.

About NetWitness

NetWitness (R) Corporation is the world leader in real-time network forensics and automated threat intelligence solutions, helping government and commercial organizations detect, prioritize and remediate complex IT risks. NetWitness solutions concurrently solve a wide variety of information security problems including: advanced persistent threat management; sensitive data discovery and advanced data leakage detection; malware activity discovery; insider threat management; policy and controls verification and e-discovery. Originally developed for the US Intelligence Community, NetWitness has evolved to provide enterprises around the world with breakthrough methods of network content analysis and host-based risk discovery and prioritization. NetWitness customers include Defence, National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies, Top US and European Banks, Critical Infrastructure, and Global 1000 organizations. NetWitness has offices in the U.S. and the U.K. and partners throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

To download the freeware version of NetWitness Investigator, visit http://download.netwitness.com. For more information about securing your entire organization with NetWitness NextGen, contact:sales@netwitness.com . Twitter handle: NetWitness.

About Red Lambda

Red Lambda, Inc., based in Orlando, Florida (USA), is a leader in massively scalable and identity-aware network security software for enterprise, government and service provider organizations. Red Lambda makes it possible for organizations to securely compute, communicate and collaborate without borders or limitations. The company's AppIronTM Grid Platform protects vital people, resources and assets from a broad spectrum of threats regardless of their physical topology or geography. AppIron utilizes advanced grid and cloud computing technologies to enable distributed network security solutions with supercomputer levels of performance. Today, these solutions, called Virtual Grid Appliances, include: IntegrityTM for control of P2P traffic and protection against illicit file sharing and the loss of proprietary data, and FireGridTM UTM which combines Layer-7 firewall, application control, IDS/IPS, anomaly detection, and traffic shaping to provide unified threat management with superior performance over hardware-based solutions. Red Lambda's products are sold through direct, indirect, and strategic partnerships worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.redlambda.com.

For more information: Jeff Barker, Vice President of Global Marketing, Red Lambda, 650-823-9089, jbarker@redlambda.com

Notes to the editor

For more information please see http://www.blackhat.com

Individuals, associations, government bodies, academic institutions and companies interested in finding out more about Black Hat Abu Dhabi should contact the organisers, UBM Middle East for information, on +971-2-406-4471 or email becky.crayman@ubm.com

Black Hat briefings and training is the largest and most important security conference series in the world. Black Hat Abu Dhabi is organised by UBM Middle East on behalf of TechWeb, a division of United Business Media.

For media information, please contact:

Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, E: abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com or T: +971-4-390-1630.

Further information on UBM Middle East can be found at http://www.ubmmiddleeast.com

SOURCE: United Business Media (UBM Middle East)

CONTACT: For media information, please contact: Abdul Karim Samaan,Grayling Momentum, E:abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com or T: +971-4-390-1630. Red Lambda: JeffBarker, Vice President of Global Marketing, Red Lambda, 650-823-9089,jbarker@redlambda.com