IBM has released its 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing that the average cost of a data breach for businesses in the Middle East reached SAR 27.00 million. This represents a decrease of approximately 18% from SAR 32.80 million the year prior. According to the report, the topRead More…
A major data breach has compromised the systems of Morocco’s National Social Security Fund (CNSS), exposing sensitive personal and financial data of nearly 2 million citizens. The attack was reportedly carried out by a threat actor using the alias “Jabaroot”,Read More…
By 2027, more than 40% of AI-related data breaches will be caused by the improper use of generative AI (GenAI) across borders, according to Gartner. The swift adoption of GenAI technologies by end-users has outpaced the development of data governance and security measures, raising concerns about data localization due to the centralizedRead More…
IBM Security has released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, highlighting that the total cost of a data breach for organizations in the Middle East reached SAR 29.9 million (≈ USD 8 million) in 2023 — an all-time high for the report.Read More…
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…
IBM has published a study highlighting the importance of cybersecurity in an increasingly digital age. According to IBM Security’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, the Middle East has incurred losses of SAR 28 million from data breaches in 2022 alone — this figure already exceeding the total amountRead More…
IBM Security has released the annual global Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for surveyed organisations. With breach costs increasing nearly 13% over the lastRead More…
According to Check Point’s 2022 Security Report, there was a huge 650% year-on-year increase in supply chain attacks in 2021. Examples of high-profile supply chain attacks from last year include SolarWinds where a group of cybercriminals gained access to SolarWinds’ production environmentRead More…
