Study finds 82% of UAE organisations faced at
least one cyberattack in 2019
Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company,
has released its latest research highlighting how people-centric
cyberattacks are impacting organisations in the UAE. The research
revealed that a majority (82%) of CSOs and CISOs surveyed
reported at least one cyberattack on their organisation in 2019, while
over half (51%) reported multiple incidents.
Account compromise was the leading method of cyberattack in
the UAE in 2019, impacting 28% of companies surveyed, followed
by credential phishing (20%) and insider threats (17%). Almost
one third of respondents (29%) believe account compromise will
continue to be the UAE’s biggest cyberthreat over the next three
years, followed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
(28%) and phishing (19%).
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Cyberattacks can have far-reaching and devastating financial
and reputational impact for businesses. The research found that
financial loss (29%) and data breaches (28%) were the biggest
consequences for UAE organisations in 2019, followed by a
decreased customer base (23%).
While organisations in the UAE are aware of the risks, many are
not fully prepared.
In fact, only 21% of respondents strongly agreed their organisation
was prepared for a cyberattack, with 43% somewhat agreeing.
In terms of where the biggest risks lie, 59% of respondents cited
outdated or insufficient cybersecurity solutions and technology, while
more than half (55%) believe that human error and lack of security
awareness was a risk factor for their organisation.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise signs strategic partnership
with Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai
will serve the dual purpose of giving students
the opportunity to lead real projects in an
industrial context, while allowing Alcatel-
Lucent Enterprise to conduct exploratory
developments within the current projects. For
its part, RIT Dubai will support Alcatel-Lucent
Enterprise in providing training to the students
and help with professional integration
through internships and apprenticeships.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a global
communications solutions provider,
has signed a strategic partnership with
the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Dubai (RIT Dubai) to roll out its University
Partnership Programme.
As a member of this programme, RIT
Dubai will benefit from access to Alcatel-
Lucent Enterprise cloud platforms for
communications and location-based services
(LBS) to develop projects that will be part of
student courses.
As part of the partnership, RIT Dubai
students will have access to the Alcatel-
Lucent OmniAccess Stellar LBS solution to
develop projects as part of their course. This
Students will use Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess
Stellar LBS in its native form to develop
solutions to address any location
requirements with a set of software
development tools to enable the creation of
location-based services on various mobile
devices and operating systems. Supported
by the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise cloud-based
CPaaS Rainbow platform, students will
be able to add real time communication
features such as voice, video and messaging
to their own applications without needing to
build back end infrastructure and interfaces.
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