A recent study commissioned by F5 Networks, and conducted by research agency Think Positive, revealed that the biggest cloud concern for GCC businesses is data security (78% of all respondents). Saudi Arabia is particularly wary (92%), closely tailed by Bahrain (83%), the UAE (80%) and Qatar (70%). Other major concernsRead More…

With less than four months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018, data privacy and protection is top of mind for business leaders in the GCC. According to the third biennial EY Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey, 60% of KSA andRead More…

Leading GRC vednor MetricStream, announced today the findings of its latest survey, Moving Up the IT Risk Management Maturity Curve: An In-Depth Look at How Enterprises Are Managing and Mitigating Their IT Risks. The survey covered 139 respondents from 120+ enterprises and 20 industries across more than six geographic regionsRead More…

Digitisation has transformed crime and closer partnerships between government and private sector organisations are essential to successfully combat cyber criminals that are using increasingly sophisticated technologies and strategies to target companies and organisations according to a new report. A Practical Method of Identifying Cyberattacks released by the World Government SummitRead More…

Leaing Identity and Access Management (IAM) vendor, One Identity, part of Quest Software released the findings on corporate security and key strategies to combat the situation. Recent research by One Identity indicates that the problem of dormant accounts are much more widespread than previously thought. Survey respondents (consisting of overRead More…

 According to a new report issued by the World Economic Forum and BCG, effective cybersecurity requires deeper collaboration between public and private sector. The increasingly networked, digitized, and connected world is vulnerable to cyber threats that can only be addressed by the combined capabilities of the public and private sectors,Read More…