Cyber security has become a key priority for organisations in the Middle East lately following rising geopolitical tensions and a series of recent attacks against regional financial institutions. This is driving the growth of the regional cyber security market, which is predicted to be worth 9.56 billion USD by 2019 – with Saudi Arabia unsurprisingly…
Cyber security is not a field where trends happen easily, but the few that do appear tend to spread at wildfire speed. The newest innovation sweeping the regional cyber security sphere is “threat hunting”. Cyber security has graduated from threat detection and response, to actively pursuing sophisticated threats. According to Nicholas Watson, Managing Director at…
Written By Nic Watson – Managing Director, Naseba The world’s largest cyber security market is, surprisingly, not a country: it’s the US Federal government.Every year, the US Federal government spends more on cyber security than is spent by the total population of any other country (including both the private and public sector). The US government…
In 2016, buyers and purchasing decision makers worldwide will spend a total of $3.49 trillion on IT, according to figures provided by Gartner, Inc. This is no surprise: innovative, functional IT is in demand around the world, and is shaping the future of a variety of other sectors, from education to infrastructure to healthcare. It…
US investors are caught between a rock and a hard place. After years of stop-start recovery in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, high net worth individuals in the US are faced with an unfamiliar economic reality – described by wealth manager Ron Carson as a financial twilight zone, a new world that…
Employee engagement is a vast construct that touches almost all facets of human resource management. Over the years companies in the Middle East have been progressively appreciative of having effective employee engagement in place with positive outcomes on how happy employees can channel happier workplaces, and in turn have positive effects on business growth. HR…
“When you’re passionate about what you do, it comes across naturally and doesn’t feel like work.” — Yvonne Agyei, VP, People Operations, Google (UK) Passionpreneur Moustafa Hamwi sits with VP of People Operations at Google (UK) to talk about the importance of passion in whatever we do.
In traditional corporate culture, the notion of a hierarchy is often associated with a rigid structure in which seniority is valued and length of service translates directly into the scope of rewards and benefits received. This is not necessarily an inefficient model. Loyalty is an asset to both organisations and employees. A loyal employee is,…
The UAE is currently in the midst of a nationwide trend that has its origins in the highest levels of government and has filtered through to both the public and private sphere. This trend has a single, universally appealing focus: happiness. The government’s recent appointment of Ohood Al Roumi to the newly created post of…
By Edward Matti, MP, CCM Consultancy Over the last few years, we’ve been hearing a lot about mindfulness in the workplace, and more importantly, in leadership. And one must wonder what all the hype is about. Is this a form of meditation? Is this related to Emotional Intelligence? Is this scientific or simply a fad…