Jordan | Have Jordanian companies been affected by global technical disruption?

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Amjad Al-Suwais, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Information and Communications Technology Companies &quot;Intaj&quot;, confirmed that Jordanian ICT companies are operating very normally.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Statement on the stability of Jordanian companies</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Suwais explained in a press statement on Friday that the association had not received any reports or complaints indicating the presence of a technical defect, stressing that Jordanian companies were not affected by the global defect that affected many sensitive sites such as banks and airports.</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Reasons for not being affected by global technical failure</strong></h3></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Suwais pointed out that the main reason why Jordan was not affected by this defect was due to the lack of heavy reliance on <strong>CrowdStrike technology</strong> in the main institutions in Jordan. He praised the efforts of the National Center for Cybersecurity, noting the high readiness and great ability it enjoys.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also be interested in:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%89-%D9%81... around the world. Air transport companies, railways and media were affected due to a technical failure</a> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%20%20%D9%87%D9%84%20%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>What is CrowdStrike technology?</strong></h3></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Suwais explained that CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based protection solutions and uses advanced technologies to detect and deal with threats in real time. However, it is not a major part of the cybersecurity architecture in most major Jordanian institutions, which has made Jordan immune to the flaw that affected many countries.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-... end of the programmed cut off of electricity in Kuwait... and whoever rationalizes consumption gets double the amount of rationalization</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-... do Europeans suffer in temperatures reaching 40 degrees when at the same time it is fairly normal in many countries?</a></p>