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INFOBLOX ’ S REPORT REVEALS 66 % OF UAE ORGANISATIONS EXPERIENCED DATA BREACHES IN THE PAST YEAR
Infoblox commissioned a survey in July / August 2022 through independent research firm , CyberRisk Alliance . The report surveyed IT and cybersecurity decision-makers and influencers from 13 countries – including 100 UAE – based organisations of all sizes . UAE respondents ranged from chief executives and directors to analysts and consultants . They were employed in various industries , with most from manufacturing ( 25 %), retail ( 17 %), technology ( 12 %) and business or professional services ( 11 %).
nfoblox , the company
I that delivers a simplified , cloudenabled networking and security platform for improved performance and protection , has released findings of its 2023 Global State of Cybersecurity Report . The company has identified security and networking trends that encourage the cybersecurity industry to follow its lead in unifying networking and security teams .
“ As per the UAE findings of the report , respondents in the country continue to grapple with securing remote employee- and corporate-owned devices , networks and endpoints ,” said Mohammed Al-Moneer , Regional Sr . Director , META at Infoblox . “ Most fear data leaks and cloud attacks and do not believe they have a firm handle on the insider threat . [ Over half ] ( 66 %) reported one or more breaches in the past 12 months , most likely from phishing , ransomware or another advanced threat . Financial damage is one of the highest in the EMEA region and system outages or downtime are among the chief fallouts . “ And despite most anticipating more budget in 2023 , few are fully confident they ’ ll be able to adequately protect remote worker access to their networks or respond to all security alerts – at least without adding more IT staff .”
“ Networking and security work better together when they share real-time visibility into application , user and device context ,” added Moneer . “ Realtime threat protection and more resilient network performance can only happen when networking and security work side by side .”
Findings from the study among UAE respondents reveal the following :
1 . Since COVID-19 began , many UAE organisations fast-tracked Digital Transformations to support remote workers ( 61 %), boosted support for customer portals to support their workforces or customers ( 46 %) and focused network and security controls on the edge – such as SASE ( 44 %).
2 . In the past year , a large share of UAE organisations added remote employee- and corporate-owned mobile devices ( 59 %) and cloudmanaged DDI ( DNS-DHCP-IPAM ) servers ( 59 %) to protect their networks while managing the proliferation and associated security risks from more remote devices on the network .
3 . In the next 12 months , UAE respondents said their organisation will be most concerned about data leakage ( 48 %), cloud attacks ( 40 %) and attacks through networked IoT ( 29 %).
4 . UAE respondents believe their organisation is least prepared to defend their organisation ’ s networks against insider threats ( 15 %), direct attacks through cloud services ( 13 %), data leakage ( 13 %), as well as ransomware , supply chain / thirdparty attacks and attacks through networked IoT , which were mentioned by 11 % each .
5 . On average , UAE organisations detected more issues resulting from email / phishing attacks compared to any other type .
6 . Two-thirds ( 66 %) of UAE respondents reported one or more breaches to
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