The seemingly incessant buzz surrounding cloud storage and cloud services would indicate that nearly every business has either already made the switch, or is on the brink of doing so. The cloud computing trend has spread rapidly, and garnered the…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is officially endorsing the conference and the Assistant Minister of Interior for Technology Affairs will deliver the opening speech November 6th, 2016 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economy…
Last year, cyber attacks cost businesses an estimated 400 billion USD per year, according to British insurance company Lloyd’s. The estimate includes not only direct damage but also the disruption to business following the attack – because often, it is not…
Fintech has become a familiar entry in the banking lexicon. Gone are the days when “finance technology” was a brand new concept, spoken of only in the pages of niche publications. Fintech is now a full-fledged phenomenon, a darling of…
Ahead of the 9th Cyber Defence Summit we conducted an in-depth interview with Fortinet’s Territory Manager for Qatar, Abdullah Fares. 1. In your opinion, what are the top 3-5 cyber security challenges or gaps that are prevalent in the MEA region?…
Introduction In the fields of intelligence and military investigation, the use of the O.S.INT discipline for open source analysis has grown steadily over the years. Inside this framework, cyber intelligence has seen the development of a new area, the SOC.M.INT.…
The business case for connecting OT and IT Critical Infrastructure companies and organizations have usually two separate and fundamentally different networks: on one hand their regular corporate IT enabling all their support functions such as payroll, HR, procurement, etc., and…
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…
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…
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…
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…