Cisco Unveiled the UAE findings of its Cybersecurity Readiness Index for 2024 at GISEC:

Cisco Study Reveals 91% of UAE Companies Use AI Technologies in their Cybersecurity Strategies to Address Today’s Rapidly Evolving Threat Landscape

News Summary:

• The 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index by Cisco shows a remarkable increase in cybersecurity investment plans within UAE organizations, with 99% of respondents planning to increase their cybersecurity budgets in the next year.
• Cybersecurity Readiness is critical: 85% of respondents said a cybersecurity incident is likely to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months, while 65% of respondents already experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year.
• The persistence of the cyber talent gap underscores the need for innovative solutions, with 90% of companies highlighting talent shortage as an issue.
• Companies are aware of the challenges and are ramping up their defenses with 68% planning to significantly upgrade their IT infrastructure to address security challenges in the next 12 to 24 months.

Cisco’s Pioneering Identity Intelligence Defends Against Most Persistent Cyber Threat

Continues drive towards making AI pervasive in the Cisco Security Cloud

News Summary:

• New innovations mark significant momentum for the Security Cloud, Cisco’s unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform.
• Cisco introduces first-of-its-kind Identity Intelligence to help protect against identity-based attacks.
• With new AI capabilities, Cisco is tipping the scales in favor of defenders by helping make informed decisions, augmenting existing capabilities and automating complex tasks.

Cisco AI Readiness Index Reveals 73% of Organizations in the UAE Have a Robust AI Strategy in Place

The Global SurveyHighlights Opportunities and Challeges in Companies’ Preparedness to LeverageAI

News Summary:

• Progress is underway, yet considerable gaps exist across six key business pillars — strategy, infrastructure, data, governance, talent, and culture
• Only 7% of local organizations are currently fully equipped with infrastructure to meet AI workloads
• 80% of organizations in the UAE are investing intraining of AI tools for employees
• 76% of respondents in the UAE say their organization is embracing AI with a moderate to high level of urgency

Cisco Expands Full-Stack Observability Ecosystem with Seven New Partner Modules

New Modules Built on the Cisco Observability Platform Enable Customers to Utilize Additional Value from Observable Telemetry.

News Summary:

• Full-Stack Observability ecosystem helps customers fulfill their specific observability needs through a unified platform and environment where they can access additional value from observable telemetry.
• The Cisco Observability Platform is open, extensible and API-driven, allowing development partners to create meaningful new and custom use cases for full-stack observability.
• Development partners are seeing value in the Platform and are actively building modules around five critical themes: Business Insights, SAP Visibility, Networking, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) & Service Level Objectives (SLO) and Sustainability.

Nov. 8, 2023 — Cisco announced seven new modules on the Cisco Observability Platform, built by development partners and created to expand its full-stack observability ecosystem. This growing ecosystem helps customers fulfill their specific observability needs and utilize additional value from observable telemetry.