Ransomware – To Pay or Not to Pay
If your organization was hit by ransomware, the group behind the attack demanded a ransom, and if your business could no longer operate, would you pay the ransom? Many organizations in the UAE have faced this question, and the variety of responses is surprising, given there are only two options – you either pay, or […]
Threat Detection Assurance (TDA)
As you are reading this report and the article, you are most likely involved or related to the cybersecurity domain. And if you are indeed related to cybersecurity, you would have most likely heard statements like, “prevention is not enough”, “it’s no longer about if, it’s about when the breach will happen”. Each day with […]
The Essential Guide To Phishing Investigation and Response
Phishing has been around since the mid-90s and can be legitimately considered a “classic’’ hacker tool. And like all classics, it has stood the test of time as a lucrative technique for cybercriminals, becoming more prolific and sophisticated. The 2021 Ponemon Cost of Phishing Study has shown that the average cost of phishing has more […]
Securing Connected Systems
As organizations are going through accelerated digital transformation, there is no other area that is impacted more than operational technology. Sensors, devices, and compute units are today feeding data into the IT systems of organizations to make business operations even smarter and customer experiences even better. Next time you order a pizza and can follow […]
Security Leaders Don’t Believe In Traditional Approaches!
Each year, the cybersecurity world encounters new challenges and obstacles that organizations need to overcome. However, 2021 turned out to be an exceptionally dangerous year. Most notably, ransomware was a consistently hot topic within the industry following a string of high-profile incidents in which enterprises such as Kaseya and the Irish Health Service became targets. […]
Identity – The New Perimeter
I believe it was at the 2014 RSA Security Conference when I was sitting in the big auditorium of the Moscone Conference Centre in San Francisco and listening to one of the keynotes – This one being around the topic of how identity is the new perimeter and how protecting identities in the setting of […]
Fortify Your First Line Of Defense
It reminds me of days when I was young, far away from the conception of cybersecurity, and used to receive arbitrary emails in my inbox saying, “You have won a lottery and click here to claim your amount”. Unintentionally, I had once clicked on the link and “BOOM!, my desktop machine was full of viruses, […]
Thinking Like An Attacker!
Every business integrates applications to their business partners and consumers. Imagine, what if an application owner says, “We trust our partners and consumers and know that they will not engage in any malicious activity which exploits the application” or “a security compromise cannot happen on the company’s watch”. If these statements sound familiar, then the […]
Digital Differentiation With Secure Apps
Applications are the lifeblood of businesses today, fueling a surge in global enterprise software spending estimated to top US $600 billion in 2021, according to Statista.com.1 But with the ever-increasing deployment and usage of apps worldwide come requirements for powerful app security. The need for more protection is heightened because organizations are increasingly deploying apps […]
Keep It Private
Privacy is focused on governing the use of personal data with appropriate policies to ensure that consumers’ personal information is being collected, shared, and used in a manner expected/consented to by the data subject, in accordance with the applicable laws and compliance requirements. However, there are a few challenges that can hinder achieving this objective. […]
