With the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, ‘remote working’ has been the “new normal” for all of us. With more people using personal devices for work, companies going through sudden digital transformation and moving data to the cloud, which has led to the increase in number of cyber-attacks sinceRead More…
The UAE National Cyber Security Council (NCSC) has launched the first phase of the “National Bug Bounty Program,” which aims to improve the UAE’s cybersecurity systems, reinforce the country’s leading position in global competitiveness indexes, and engage community members, public and private sector entities in infrastructure protection.Read More…
LogRhythm, the company powering today’s security operations centers (SOCs), has released a new set of automation tools to allow organizations to rapidly comply with Qatar’s National Cybersecurity Framework. It provides insights into AI engine rules, investigations, reports and reporting packages, LogRhythm’s GeoIP functionality and the compliance maturity model. Read More…
The Abu Dhabi Healthcare Information Security Strategy was released by the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi (DoH). The plan will serve as a framework for defining the key concepts that will drive Abu Dhabi’s holistic approach to improving the healthcare sector’s ability to safeguard and effectively manage cyber threats.Read More…
Yazeed AlMaso, Regional sales manager at META, NGINX at F5, elaborates on the adaptive application landscape. What does the adaptive application landscape in UAE look like? There are different sectors when it comes to technology adoption, usually, some sectors are faster than others. Mostly, the government sector would be theRead More…
The UAE came in fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020, issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies. In a competition involving 193 countries, the UAE jumped 33 places from its previous ranking, underscoring its advanced awareness of theRead More…
Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), in partnership with the Future Foresight and Decision-Making Support Center at Dubai Police, launched its latest report titled ‘Banking and Financial Services Sector Scenarios of Risks and Resilience’, which examines the risks of cybercrime and the potential implications for the banking and finance sector in Dubai.Read More…
Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), UAE Banks Federation (UBF), Abu Dhabi Police, Dubai Police, and Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) have announced today the extension of the successful Fraud Awareness Campaign, which was launched in April last year and ran throughout 2020 as the UAE’s first nationalRead More…
