LexisNexis Risk Solutions shared insights from its recent study, the "True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study – Europe, The Middle East, and Africa", conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study disclosed that compliance costs surged for 98% of financial institutions (FIs) in 2023, reaching USD$85 billion...
Dan Norman takes us through the ISF’s last two-year forecast – made in 2022 – to determine how accurate they were, and the measures organisations may need to take. Every year the ISF provides a detailed, scenario-based, two-year threat forecast to its member organisations – a...
Group-IB released a comprehensive overview of the cyber threat landscape in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) which found a startling surge in ransomware and leaks. The Hi-Tech Crime Trends report covered the years 2023/2024 and provides a thorough analysis of how cybersecurity challenges in the...
Organisations in the Middle East are rapidly embracing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), producing an increased focus on data privacy and cloud security. Gartner recently reported a projected 24 per cent and 17 per cent rise in spending on data privacy and cloud security in 2024. However,...
CYFIRMA Industry Report finds numerous attack campaigns launched on businesses. Logistics are an essential component in Middle Eastern exports and imports, manufacturing, and business operations. But what happens when cyber criminals target the industry? The CYFIRMA report found that logistics firms are battling against the rising wave of...
As cyber threats becomes an epicentre of GCC business risk, James Gerber, CFO of SimSpace, details the preventative measures large organisations should be taking to ensure bottom-line growth in 2024. In early 2023, the GCC Executive Committee for Cybersecurity held its first meeting, marking a political...
Stc Bahrain received dual recognition at the Global Economics Awards ceremony due to their ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation in the region. After years of advancing the Kingdom's ICT sector with cutting-edge technological solutions, the company was awarded Best Network Security Solutions Provider and Best...
As cyber threats increase, regional enterprises must overhaul their cybersecurity strategies and remediation procedures or face the consequences, warns Hadi Jaafarawi, Managing Director for the Middle East at Qualys. The region has its collective eye on a sustainable future — a laudable goal to which everyone...
As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, we are looking at key topics affecting cybersecurity from threat detection and risk management to defence technologies and practices. Firstly we're looking at what the cybersecurity threat landscape is like in 2022, particularly as cyber criminals become...
Cyber security presents many challenges, and with events in Ukraine unfolding further, the question of how far cyber security has come is a hot topic. Senior Solutions Analyst Dan Norman from ISF sat down with Dr Michael Ehrlich to discuss the current state of cyber security...
Research from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found mobile malware attacks in the UAE have had a steady decline in 2021. Kaspersky revealed that, in 2021, UAE users faced 29% fewer mobile malware attacks than in 2020. However, the cybersecurity firm’s Mobile Threats in 2021 report highlighted that...
The latest report from security company ESET has found that ransomware and password guessing are the top two cybersecurity threats. The research summarised key statistics from ESET detection systems between September to December 2021. The data indicated there was a rise in email threats towards the...
Trend Micro’s mid-year security round-up report has revealed that it detected and blocked 5,435,089 email threats in Bahrain in the first half of 2021. In addition, it also prevented 670,547 malicious URL victim attacks, 1,122 URL hosts, 219,796 malware attacks and 115 online-related banking malware threats. With...
An overwhelming 90% of UAE organisations are anticipating a moderate to substantial increase in demand during the 2021 holiday season, according to research from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye. This expected increase in demand makes organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks, making peak holiday season a risky...
Seventy four per cent of organisations say that damaging cyberattacks are a result of vulnerabilities in the technology that was put into place during the pandemic, according to Tenable Inc. In the Beyond Boundaries: The Future of Cybersecurity in the New World of Work report, it...
Security & Fire Excellence Awards, which will take place on Monday 02 December 2024 at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London!
Following the incredible event in December, we are very excited to back at the highly prestigious Great Room at JW Marriott Grosvenor House, this year running alongside IFSEC, FIREX, Facilities Show and Safety & Health Expo which take place on 2–4 December, 2024 at ExCel London.
Offering elegance, flexibility and sheer quality, JW Marriott Grosvenor House London is a meeting destination of unrivalled luxury in the heart of Mayfair. Since 1929, the Great Room has welcomed royalty, presidents, actors and musicians for the most exclusive and lavish events. One of Europe’s largest and most impressive event spaces to dine banquet style, the Great Room has always been the jewel in Grosvenor House’s crown.
Security & Fire Excellence Awards is the perfect opportunity for you to recognise and reward the excellence of your teams and to network and socialise with the very best in your industry, plus with the early December dateline, combined with the shared dateline with IFSEC and FIREX, you can now cost effectively combine your attendance with your company’s festive celebrations and exhibition participation too!