Sameer Basha, Security Consultant GCC, Check Point Software Technologies – Middle East, discusses the importance of using threat hunting to defend against attackers on a network, as well as how threat hunting is beneficial to operations and creates a resilient cyber infrastructure. What is threat hunting and why is it relevant to CISOs? Threat hunting […]

Faced with a relentless attack landscape, 72% of Australian CISOs feel at risk of suffering a material cyberattack in the next 12 months, above the global average of 64%. Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released its inaugural 2021 Voice of the CISO report which explores key challenges facing Chief Information Security Officers […]

BT Security has published the results of a global survey which canvassed the opinions of over 7000 business leaders, employees and consumers from across the world. The research, conducted in partnership with Davies Hickman Partners, found that in a rapidly changing business environment, the role of the chief information and security officer (CISO) has hugely […]

Majority of chief information security officers (CISOs) rank cybercriminals as one of the biggest risks they currently face, according to a new KPMG study. The first-ever ‘UAE CISO survey 2020’ report highlights key cybersecurity-related challenges faced across sectors, based on inputs from UAE-based CISOs. According to the KPMG study, 2020 has seen a significant increase […]

The pandemic has forced organisations and their employees to adapt to more remote ways of working and it’s up to CISOs to ensure this is done with security in mind to avoid being exploited by cybercriminals. Andrew Rose, Resident CISO for EMEA at Proofpoint, discusses some of the current and developing cyber-risks, and how to […]

Seven in every 10 CISOs (71%) believe cyberwarfare is a threat to their organisation, and yet just over a fifth (22%) admit to not having a strategy in place to mitigate this risk. This is especially alarming during a period of unprecedented global disruption, as half of infosec professionals (50%) agree that the increase of […]

Tamer Odeh, Regional Director at SentinelOne in the Middle East, discusses the preparation CISOs and CIOs should consider to offset security implications that arise from returning workforces from home and back to the office. While governments and public healthcare specialists are looking into the timing and manner of reopening the economy, at some point in […]

James Hennah, Director, Security, Asia, Middle East and Africa, for BT, shares insights about balancing security demands with the requirements of Digital Transformation. He talks us through three domains – cloud, compliance and cyberthreats – and provides recommendations that can help CIOs and CISOs make security integral to their organisations. Keeping the cloud secure According […]

Mark Ferguson, CISO of Bombardier, discusses the benefits for CISOs of building a strong network of connections and communicating with security leaders to create security strategies that will stand up to increasingly organised and sophisticated cyberthreats. One of the defining traits of the cybersecurity sector is its rapid pace and ceaseless changes. Having worked in […]

To combat mobile cyber threats, organisations must educate employees about the risks associated with accessing critical business apps on personal devices. Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Sales Director at Fortinet,  explores the five critical elements that CISOs should include in any cybersecurity awareness training. While nearly nine in 10 companies not only allow, but actually rely on their employees to access […]