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CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS CONSISTENTLY INCREASE IN UAECYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS
CONSISTENTLY INCREASE IN UAE

Malicious insider threats are increasingly becoming a cause for concern among
businesses in the United Arab Emirates.

Nicholas Fearn, Contributing Writer

January 12, 2024

2 Min Read
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During the past two years, the vast majority of United Arab Emirates-based
businesses have experienced a cybersecurity incident.

According to research from Kaspersky, 87% of companies in UAE have faced
different forms of cyber incidents in the past two years. However, 25% of those
cybersecurity incidents were caused by the malicious actions of their staff.


GROWING CONCERN OF MALICIOUS INSIDER THREATS

Employees conducting malicious online behavior is becoming a major concern for
businesses across all industries, with Kaspersky describing them as "the most
dangerous of all employees who can provoke cyber incidents."



Kaspersky claims a number of factors enable people to perform malicious behavior
against their employers, such as understanding their company's IT and
cybersecurity infrastructure, having access to the company network, and using
knowledge of their colleagues for launching social engineering attacks. 

Jake Moore, global security advisor at ESET, agrees that malicious insider
threats are "a significant worry" for businesses, but he stresses that "humans
also carry an accidental risk in business situations."



He says: "Accidental threats might include employees inadvertently bringing in
malware or enabling data leakage, which can often be mitigated with annual and
ad hoc training programs for all staff."


PREPARED FOR DEFENSE?

Although UAE-based businesses are facing high levels of cybercrime, which
includes 66% experiencing data breaches, the problem is not getting any better. 

A previous Kaspersky study, released in December 2023, shows that 77% of APAC
companies don't possess the tools required for spotting cyberattacks. Meanwhile,
87% of firms are plagued by a shortage of cybersecurity talent, making it harder
to stop cyber criminals in their tracks.



In the past, security leaders in the UAE have struggled to ensure secure access
to remote employee and corporate-owned devices, said Mohammed Al-Moneer,
regional senior director for META at Infoblox. He said businesses fear data
leaks and cloud attacks "and do not believe they have a firm handle on the
insider threat."

In Infoblox's report, only 15% of respondents in the UAE believe their
organization is prepared to defend their organization's networks against insider
threats.



Gopan Sivasankaran, general manager of the META region at Secureworks, explained
that the UAE's booming digital economy and greater use of data makes the country
an "attractive" target for both cybercriminals and hostile states.

"The insight from the incident response engagements and active attacks on
organizations we've worked on in the Middle East over the last year show
organizations in the UAE have been victims to large scale wiper attacks as well
as nation-state sponsored attacks," he says. 

"Across the Middle East we can see that banking, manufacturing, retail, and
healthcare organizations are the most likely to reach out to us for help with a
cyber incident," he adds. "But government, hospitality, and transportation are
also highly prized targets."

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Nicholas Fearn is a freelance tech journalist from the Welsh valleys. He's
written for major outlets like Forbes, Financial Times, The Guardian, The
Independent, The Telegraph, HuffPost and Business Insider, as well as tech
publications like Gizmodo, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, Computer Weekly, ITPro and
many more. When Nicholas isn't geeking over the latest gadgets and tech trends,
he's probably listening to Mariah Carey on repeat.

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