Eight schools across the word will be the recipient of the 2022 IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants, totaling $5 million in in-kind services With a view to helping schools worldwide proactively prepare for and respond to cyberattacks, IBM has announced the first eight recipients of the 2022 IBM Education SecurityRead More…
Over half of surveyed UAE organisations have paid a ransom in response to a ransomware attack According to a new research from YouGov, commissioned by Palo Alto Networks, 62% of organisations surveyed in the UAE who had fallen victim to a ransomware attack have paid a ransom in theRead More…
As cyberattacks on pipelines, water pumping stations and manufacturing plants hit the news, customers and investors grow more aware of the need for organisations to take responsibility for the protection of their potential cyber vulnerabilities. Cybercrime can have a significant impact on businesses, and cybersecurity is central to environmental, socialRead More…
With back-to-school around the corner, Check Point Research (CPR) sees the highest volume of cyberattacks on the education and research sector. Hackers sent the most cyberattacks on the education and research sector every month in 2022 and in 2021, marking a 114% increase these past two years. The shift toRead More…
Sophos has announced Sophos X-Ops, a new cross-operational unit linking SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and Sophos AI, three established teams of cybersecurity experts at Sophos, to help organizations better defend against constantly changing and increasingly complex cyberattacks. Sophos X-Ops leverages the predictive, real-time, real-world, and deeply researched threat intelligence from eachRead More…
Barracuda Networks has released key findings from a report titled The State of Industrial Security in 2022. Commissioned by Barracuda, the research surveyed 800 senior IT managers, senior IT security managers, and project managers responsible for industrial internet of things (IIoT)/operational technology (OT) in their organization to get their perspectivesRead More…
Phishing simulator data from Kaspersky Security Awareness Platform shows that workers tend not to notice pitfalls hidden in emails devoted to corporate issues and delivery problem notifications. Almost one in five (16% to 18%) clicked the link in the email templates imitating these phishing attacks. According to estimates, 91% ofRead More…
Jacob Chacko, Regional Director – Middle East, Saudi & South Africa at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, discusses the impact of pandemic on businesses, and highlights the key SD-WAN trends in a post-covid world Read More…
