A majority of chief information security officers (CISOs) rank cybercriminals as one of the biggest risks they currently face, according to a new KPMG study. The first-ever UAE CISO survey 2020 report highlights key cybersecurity-related challenges faced across sectors, based on inputs from UAE-based CISOs.Read More…
IT professionals in the Middle East are increasingly adopting encryption to protect customer personal information, driven by the acceleration of digital initiatives such as cloud, the internet of things (IoT), and 5G networks, and rising data volumes and types. These are some of the findings from the 2020 Middle EastRead More…
Cisco has released its predictions for what 2021 will hold for the privacy and cybersecurity landscapes. According to the report, as companies look to transition to a new normal in 2021, the pandemic has put Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) front and center of their organisations’ path forward.Read More…
Kaspersky rolled out key predictions regarding anticipated changes in the financial sector’s threat landscape, as it claims that in 2021, many financial cybercriminals are likely to target Bitcoin more often, while other cybercriminals will switch to transit cryptocurrenciesRead More…
Veritas Technologies today highlighted the challenges that businesses around the globe are facing as they try to protect data stored in complex hybrid multi-cloud environments, from the growing threat of ransomware. In its 2020 ransomware resiliency report, Veritas found that only 36% of overall respondents said that their security hasRead More…
1. The consumer hop: Recent IoT security research report found more non-business devices are coming onto networks, with everything connected now needing to be secured alongside business IoT. We’ve also seen security policies being relaxed with the need to allow staff to use their devices at home, for example, enablingRead More…
Sophos has today published the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviours, from advanced to entry-level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The report, written by SophosLabs security researchers, as well as Sophos’ threat hunters, rapid responders, and cloud security andRead More…
As virtual footprints of organizations have continued to expand multi-fold during the coronavirus pandemic, instances of carding, data exposure, and hacktivism have escalated to become the highest-rated digital risk categories in 2020, impacting almost all major industry verticals in the Middle East region, the first-ever Digital Risk Protection report byRead More…
