Fady Younes, Managing Director for Cybersecurity at Cisco Middle East, Africa, Türkiye, Romania and CIS, highlights the evolution of ransomware outlining key lessons learned and strategies to prepare for the future, especially in light of cybersecurity trends in the UAE. December 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of ransomware and 20 years since modern criminal ransomware […]
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group has released its report for the second quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets, and other significant trends. The findings show how a lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains one of the biggest impediments to enterprise security. Carrying out ransomware attacks is likely becoming more challenging for hackers due […]
Cisco is enhancing its Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solution. By adding recovery to the response process, Cisco XDR is redefining what customers should expect from security products. Today’s announcement brings near real-time recovery for business operations after a ransomware attack. Cisco continues to drive momentum towards its vision of the Cisco Security Cloud—a unified, […]
It’s time for summer vacation again, and while many look forward to a well-deserved break, there is an entire industry that is unlikely to take any time off: cybercrime. Digital security risks and malicious attacks increase during summertime due to lower and temporary staffing in the workplaces. The UAE, with its advanced digital economy and […]
The World Wide Web is transitioning to Web 3.0 which is being driven by advancements in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, decentralized applications, and decentralized file storage. A central component of this transition is the development of a 3-D experience
A new report explored today at GITEX from Cisco’s Duo Security confirms that UAE enterprises are taking steps to move away from passwords and adopting low-friction authentication methods to protect the hybrid workforce. While the total number of Duo MFA authentications increased 39% in the past year, biometric authentications grew even faster at 48%.
