The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute has released survey findings on the State of Zero Trust adoption and encryption in 2024, revealing that the Middle East market is leading the charge in global Zero Trust strategy implementation (70% in UAE, and 70% in KSA), compared to global markets (62%).Read More…
IT spending in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $193.7 billion in 2024, an increase of 5.2% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. The annual growth is down from 6.6% growth in 2023.Read More…
Help AG presented findings from the company’s research and its experience working with more than 500 of the region’s largest enterprises and government organizations to detect and respond to threats throughout 2023. The CEO Stephan Berner, CTO Nicolai Solling, and CBO Dr. Aleksandar ValjarevicRead More…
Lenovo’s recently launched research highlights that businesses are investing increasing amounts of cash in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, with spending expected to grow by 43% year-on-year in 2024.Read More…
Proofpoint released its tenth annual State of the Phish report, revealing that 83% of employees in the UAE knowingly put their organizations at risk, potentially leading to ransomware or malware infections, data breaches, or financial loss. And while the incidence of successful phishing attacks has slightly declined globally,Read More…
HP issued its quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report, showing attackers are continuing to find innovative ways to influence users and infect endpoints. The HP Wolf Security threat research team uncovered several notable campaigns including:Read More…
GenAI burst into the public consciousness in 2023, promising to revolutionize business operations. The Middle East exhibits a distinct approach to AI and GenAI adoption, differing notably from broader global trends. According to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey,Read More…
According to a new forecast from Gartner, the end-user spending on security and risk management (SRM) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $3.3 billion in 2024, an increase of 12.1% from 2023.Read More…
In a comprehensive research project, Sternum identified a potential vulnerability involving the reverse SSH tunnel and deprecated NTP client and HTTP servers. ChargePoint, with its last firmware update, has disabled the HTTP server and updated the NTP client to address the issues.Read More…
Barracuda Networks has published its Cybernomics 101 report, which examines the financial forces and profit motives behind cyberattacks. The new report reveals the average annual cost of responding to compromises exceeded US$5 million.Read More…
An overwhelming majority of global organizations are admittedly ill-prepared to handle the steady increase in insider threat activity, according to research conducted by Cybersecurity Insiders and announced by Securonix, the leader in Unified Defense SIEM.Read More…
Cloudflare has published its inaugural API Security and Management Report. Findings from this year’s report reveal that APIs, a technology that underpins today’s most used sites and apps, are being leveraged by businesses more than ever—ultimately opening the door to more online threatsRead More…
