Anomali has announced that Steve Benton has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Anomali Threat Research (ATR) and General Manager of the Anomali Belfast, Ireland Office. Benton, an experienced cyber security expert has a history of strategic advisory, intelligence sharing and coordinated response across MD, CxO, andRead More…
Hadi Jaafarawi, Managing Director for the Middle East at Qualys, explains that lack of visibility, overconfidence, lack of automation are the three key reasons why cybersecurity budgets are not optimized by most of the organisations in the Middle East Read More…
Trend Micro Incorporated has released its 2021 annual cybersecurity report: Navigating New Frontiers. The report highlights the growing rate of cyber-attacks by malicious actors on digital infrastructures and individuals in the modern-day hybrid work environment. The report states that globally Trend Micro solutions stopped over 94.2 billion threats in 2021,Read More…
LinkShadow has announced the launch of a massive set up in the UAE as part of its Middle East growth plans. With more locations to follow, this initiative is aimed at accelerating LinkShadow’s regional operations to meet with the growing cybersecurity needs of enterprises in the region. This sprawling 12000Read More…
Cyberextortion remains an ongoing threat in sub-Saharan Africa with data leakages and targeted attacks in top two positions; Growing investment into connectivity and IoT increasing the cybercrime attack surface; There is a linear relationship between GDP and cybercrime. The KnowBe4 and IDC Impact of Cyberextortion on Africa report released inRead More…
As the tourism sector has undergone a digital transformation, the wealth of personal customer data that the industry stores has exploded, leaving the industry ripe for cyberattacks. Against this backdrop, cybersecurity will generate revenues of $2.1 billion in 2025 in the travel and tourism industry, up from $1.4 billion inRead More…
Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, asked 590 IT pros whether and how they review user access permissions. The survey found that 90% of organizations either already periodically review access entitlements or plan to start doing so within three years. However, most respondents (81%) admit that theyRead More…
This September, Riyadh will host one of the most important cybersecurity conferences in the Middle East and North Africa – MENA ISC 2022 – under one of the most relevant themes “Cyber Fusion: Converging Cyber Intel: Critical Network Infrastructure IT, OT, and IoT.” The conference’s diverse sessions will focus onRead More…
