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UAE CISOs Uncover Significant Challenges in Preparedness for New Risks, According to Findings from Palo Alto Networks and IDC

Cyber Resilience Maturity: UAE CISOs Uncover Significant Challenges in Preparedness for New Risks, According to Findings from Palo Alto Networks and IDC

As cybersecurity remains among the key priorities for 2024 across businesses in the UAE, new research findings shed light on the gap between commitment and delivery

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Only 33% of organisations in the UAE consider cyber resilience a top priority, and just 15-19% of CISOs in the Emirates regularly test their recovery plans, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks and IDC Research. This result is significantly lower than the average among all surveyed countries (28%) across EMEA and LATAM markets, indicating discrepancies between intent and execution.

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Mashreq Launches New Mobile App for Superior Digital Experience

Mashreq Launches New Mobile App for Superior Digital Experience

  • Enhanced user experience at the core of the new ‘Mashreq UAE’ app design
  • Mashreq sets sights on future growth with advanced digital banking capabilities

Dubai, UAE, 10thJanuary 2024: Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the MENA region, announced the launch of its innovative mobile app, Mashreq UAE, aimed at providing a superior digital experience for its customers. This cutting-edge solution represents a significant leap in mobile banking, merging the Mashreq app with the Mashreq NEO app to deliver a unified, single-login platform. This consolidation allows customers to view all their financial relationships across products and services, enhancing convenience and simplifying their banking experience.

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HONOR Takes Center Stage at 1 Billion Followers Summit

HONOR Takes Center Stage at 1 Billion Followers Summit

HONOR’s Exclusive Booth Showcases Tomorrow’s Tech & the Future of Content Creation

Dubai, UAE – 10 January 2024:The global technology brand HONORannounces its participation in the prestigious 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s premier gathering for content creators. Set against the backdrop of the captivating theme “Get Connected,” the summit serves as a dynamic platform for global influencers, self-starters, and creative industry players to converge and exchange insights.

Scheduled for January 10-11, 2024, at the iconic Emirates Towers and Museum of the Future, the summit, organized by the New Media Academy, aims to amplify the impact of digital content and new media. It serves as a catalyst for positive social influence, boosting the creative economy, and driving ambitious development agendas on both regional and global scales.

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Google Cloud unveils key insights for cybersecurity planning in 2024

Google Cloud unveils key insights for cybersecurity planning in 2024: AI advances, rising zero-day exploits, scaling espionage tactics and more 

Dubai, UAE, 10 January 2024: Google Cloud has released its annual Cybersecurity Forecast report for 2024, compiling forward-looking thoughts from security leaders and experts from different teams across Mandiant, Google Cloud and VirusTotal, who are on the frontlines of the latest and largest attacks. Aiming to empower the cybersecurity industry, this comprehensive report provides essential insights and strategies to frame the fight against cyber adversaries in the year ahead.

While new technologies will aid security teams, they can also expand the attack surface. In 2024, the rapidly evolving world of generative AI will provide attackers with new ways to conduct convincing phishing campaigns and information operations at scale. However, defenders will use the same technologies to strengthen detection, response, and attribution of adversaries – and more broadly reduce toil, address threat overload, and close the widening skills gap. 

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Predictions for Cybersecurity technologies in 2024

Predictions for Cybersecurity technologies in 2024

Dubai, UAE– 09/01/23:With 2023 behind us, 2024 is set to feature an astonishing landscape of change for organisations across the Middle East. In light of the region’s race towards digitalization, Positive Technologies, a leader intheresult-driven approach towards cybersecurity, has revealed its annual predictions for the most anticipated intechnological advancementsin cybersecurity.

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