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Arxan extends
leadership position
in medical device
app security
rxan Technologies, a trusted
provider of application
protection solutions, has
announced that BSI Group American
Inc has certified the company to the
latest ISO 13485 Certification, the global
standard for medical device quality
management systems (QMS).
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The updated certification is assurance
that Arxan meets all of the major global
medical device quality system regulatory
requirements and demonstrates Arxan’s
continued commitment to quality through
established and consistent policies,
practices and procedures for its entire
product suite.
The ISO 13485: 2016 certification
replaces the previous version from 2003
and requires detailed compliance with
key areas in the lifecycle of a medical
device such as protecting confidential
health information, obligations around
regulatory requirements and a risk-
based approach to controls of the
quality management system.
The new certification requires
complete compliance in regard
to process changes, application
validation, supporting infrastructure,
communications with regulatory
authorities and record verification.
Joe Sander, CEO of Arxan, said:
“We remain strongly committed
to providing the highest levels of
quality protection for all connected
medical device applications. As the
only application security solution to
receive this certification, Arxan is in a
unique position to protect these critical
applications and their users. We’ll
continue to expand our certifications, as
needed, so that our customers and their
patients can be confident in the safety of
their life saving devices.”
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HELP AG LAUNCHES ‘HACKADEMY’ TO
FOSTER ETHICAL HACKING SKILLS
elp AG, a leading
cybersecurity services,
consultancy and solutions
provider in the Middle East, has
launched the Help AG Hackademy in a
bid to arm cybersecurity professionals
in the region with the skills and
knowledge they need.
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This offensive ethical hacking hands-on
training programme is conducted by
qualified L33T hackers and empowers
attendees to perform attack simulations
that uncover security vulnerabilities in
their organisations’ IT environments.
At its launch, the programme
comprises of five courses that
cover several aspects of ethical
hacking including internal and
external penetration testing,
assessment of web applications,
simulating social engineering attacks
and executing advanced hacking
techniques such as buffer overflows
and reverse engineering. The duration
of each of these courses is either
three or five days, at the end of
which attendees are presented with a
certificate of attendance, recognising
their successful completion of the
training module.
The training is specifically designed
for both network and security teams
and will be highly relevant to technical
experts, software developers,
SOC team members, network
administrators, system administrators,
web managers, auditors and security
professionals in general.
Stephan Berner, CEO at Help
AG, said: “With the Hackademy
programme, we’re now giving our
customers an opportunity to empower
their internal IT teams with the same
skills and technical know-how that
we have gained through years of
commitment to cybersecurity.”
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