Research from global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint found organizations are not using behavioural analytics to identify and prevent cyber attacks even though they believe this is a crucial step to effectively stop breaches. Released today, the research represents the responses of IT and security leaders across the Middle East to betterRead More…
Emirates NBD has announced a joint initiative with Dubai Police – the launch of a UAE-wide #secureyouraccount campaign, aimed at raising public awareness and education on cybersecurity. The public service campaign is part of Emirates NBD’s ongoing initiatives to remind customers that the bank would never ask for personal detailsRead More…
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the addition of FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service to its robust cloud security portfolio offerings. FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service on Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows organizations to rapidly deploy web applications while providing best-in-class security for mission-critical applications – protectingRead More…
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has bolstered its Middle East leadership team with a new managing director for Saudi Arabia and a new head of sales operations in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to support surging demand for cybersecurity, with research showing that the region’sRead More…
DarkMatter Group, the region’s first and only fully integrated digital and cyber transformation firm, released the first semi-annual Cyber Security Report for 2019 revealing that critical infrastructure sectors, including Oil & Gas, Financial, Utilities and Transportation, are in the firing line from a growing incidence of cyberattacks across the UAERead More…
Raffael Marty, Vice President of Research and Intelligence, Forcepoint, says cybersecurity AI in the purest sense is nonexistent, and predicts it will not develop in 2019. In addition to the myriad of constantly evolving threats in today’s landscape, organizations are hampered by an ongoing skills shortage— analysts predict a shortfall ofRead More…
Cybersecurity experts have alerted online users to a new phishing campaign that asks them to log in to a fake OneDrive site in order to read an encrypted message. This phishing campaign sends an alert from email service providers stating that users have received an encrypted message. These emails have subjectRead More…
People remain the greatest threat to industrial control systems (ICS) and associated networks, according to a new SANS survey focused on better understanding cybersecurity risks to operational technology (OT) systems. More than half of respondentsRead More…
