Cisco publishes its 2021 Security Outcomes Study
2020-12-21
Cisco has today published its 2021 Security Outcomes Study, offering actionable insights for practitioners deciding where to focus their efforts in the year ahead.Read More…
CISOs perceive cybercriminals as the biggest risk finds the first-ever UAE CISO survey 2020
2020-12-09
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 increasingly adopting encryption to protect consumer personal information
2020-12-07
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 reveals 4 cybersecurity trends for next year
2020-12-02
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 predicts the financial sector threat landscape for 2021
2020-12-01
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 releases its 2020 ransomware resiliency report
2020-11-25
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…
Palo Alto releases EMEA 2021 Cyber Security Predictions
2020-11-24
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 publishes Sophos 2021 Threat Report
2020-11-22
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…