Mohammed Abukhater, director at FireEye, outlines seven key areas of the security landscape in the Middle East in 2017
Regional director for MENA at FireEye, Mohammed Abukhater, has reported on the security landscape for 2017. The introduction starts with a precursor into the trade by stating that, 'we know that certain types of attacks and crime will continue unabated.'
Abukhater outlines seven main arenas of risk. These are; a rise in politically motivated attacks, the threat of financial cybercrimes, an increasing skills gap, drive towards simplification, new opportunities for attackers in the Internet of Things, threats to critical infrastructure and Ransomware, Macro Malware.
Talent shortages and simplification may seem like odd challenges for cyber security but the threat is real. Abukhater states 'Digitalization is increasing in EMEA, with more communications, handling of sensitive information and storing of that data happening on the Internet rather ...