According to the latest forecast from Gartner, the Information Security spending by Middle East and North Africa (MENA) enterprises is projected to total $3.3 billion in 2025, an increase of 14% from 2024. Security software will remain the largest spending category in MENA,Read More…
Cloud consulting company and AWS Premier Consulting Partner, Zero&One has attained ISO27001:2022 certification, signifying a pivotal milestone in their unwavering dedication to information security. This certification is the latest iteration of the standard, focusing on establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving an information security management system (ISMS). To maintain theRead More…
Employee violations of an organisation’s information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks according to a recent study from Kaspersky. In the last two years, 33% of cyber incidents in the UAE in businesses occurred due to employees intentionally violating security protocol. This figure is almost equal to the damageRead More…
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $5.1 trillion in 2024, an increase of 8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. While generative AI (GenAI) has not yet had a material impact on IT spending, investment in AI more broadly is supporting overall IT spending growth. “In 2023Read More…
Positive Technologies analysed threats to information security in the Middle East, discovering a significant increase in cyberattacks on critical IT infrastructure from 2022-2023. Most of these were targeted attacks, and the most frequently affected organisations were government institutions. Ransomware attacks are skyrocketing. According to Positive Technologies’ cybersecurity threatscape report, MiddleRead More…
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has added a new channel to raise awareness among its employees about the importance of information security In conjunction with Cyber Security Month, which is observed in October every year, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has added a new channel to raise awarenessRead More…
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) launched the unified digital platform to settle fees for common federal and local government services, to find an optimal interconnected alternative with the aforementioned systems, and to provide shared government services without manual procedures. This is in order toRead More…
Mahmoud Mounir, Regional Director at Secureworks META explains as the information security is evolving fast and with adversaries armed to tooth, organisations need to develop more comprehensive strategies to tackle the rising tide of security risks and needs to be more prepared to beat the adversaries.Read More…
Infosecurity Middle East is the region’s mega cyber security event that offers information security experts a common platform to discuss best practices, and share case studies on ever-growing cyber threats. At this year’s event, Value-Added Distributor, Bulwark joined hands with its vendors and participated alongside Mimecast, iStorage and Sophos toRead More…
Kaspersky Lab is announcing the launch of its Global Transparency Initiative as part of its ongoing commitment to protecting customers from cyberthreats, regardless of their origin or purpose.Read More…
Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86.4 billion in 2017, an increase of 7 percent over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93 billion in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.Read More…
Attivo Networks has announced a strategic distribution partnership with Spectrami. With a comprehensive portfolio of niche technologies and solutionsRead More…
