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Gartner Summit to put focus on cybersecurity
be able to develop leadership and
communication skills to get business
leaders on board making security
and risk enterprise-wide priorities.
A comprehensive update on
cybersecurity threats and solutions
will be provided and there will be a
chance to learn new best practices
for cloud security, AI, IoT and
access management.
There will be opportunities to
interact with leading Gartner experts,
industry peers and solution providers
to meet critical priorities.
he Gartner Security &
Risk Management Summit
will be held in Dubai at
the end of October to encourage
organisations to place sufficient
emphasis on cybersecurity.
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The event, held on October 28 and
29 at Conrad Dubai, Sheikh Zayed
Road, will encourage attendees
to ‘Make Security and Risk Matter to
Your Organisation’ by improving their
resilience, accelerating innovation and
driving business growth with their entire
organisation behind them. The conference will feature a line-
up of inspirational guest keynote
speakers as well as Gartner-invited
end-user case study speakers.
Participants will be able to find out
how they can shift organisational
culture to improve cybersecurity,
privacy and business. And they will Gartner is a leading research and
advisory company that equips leaders
and their teams with insights, advice
and tools to achieve their goals.
PALO ALTO NETWORKS REVEALS 71% OF
UAE RESIDENTS TRUST IOT TECHNOLOGY
he UAE has far higher levels of trust in IoT
technologies, such as smart home devices and
wearables, compared to Europe, according to
research commissioned by Palo Alto Networks.
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The research shows that 71% of respondents surveyed in
the UAE believe that IoT technology is secure, compared
to an EMEA average of just 38%. In the UAE, just 22% of
respondents think IoT technology is either ‘not very secure’
or ‘not at all secure’. The survey results are likely to resonate
in the UAE, which is keen to utilise IoT and AI to help drive
economic growth.
technology in the UAE appears to be far ahead of the EMEA
average. This is very encouraging for the UAE, especially in
light of the country’s commitment to harness the power of
technologies including IoT and AI for economic growth and
development. Continuing to work on maintaining this trust is vital
to help this technology reach its full transformative potential.”
In March, Dubai published its IoT Strategy including a bold
vision to build the world’s most advanced IoT ecosystem in a
bid to improve people’s lives. The strategy aims to achieve the
objectives of the Smart Dubai Plan 2021 to transition to a 100%
paperless government.
Haider Pasha, Regional Chief Security Officer, Emerging
Markets, Palo Alto Networks, said: “The level of trust in IoT
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