Q: The Saudi Vision 2030 has been talked about a lot. It is expected to yield many positive results in the coming years. How do you see it and how was it received by the Saudi people and the economic entities? What would it add to the Kingdom? A: The economic weight of the kingdom…
Containing the venues of some of the world’s biggest events, the Arabian Gulf is poised to shine on the global stage by hosting a series of high-profile mass gatherings over the next five years, including Dubai’s Expo 2020, Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022 and various lawn tennis tournaments. Government officials agree that such events play…
State-sponsored cyber-attacks strike with shocking frequency. The motives, methods and results of these state-sponsored attacks vary, but the implications are clear: Every organization that stores sensitive information has a proverbial bulls eye on its back. Well-funded and extremely efficient, with seemingly unlimited resources and talent at their disposal, state-sponsored cyber-criminals would appear to be an…
I am sure most of us in the cyber-security community were happy to flip the calendar to 2016 for obvious reasons! Given what we witnessed in 2015, while cloud, mobile and IoT will continue to dominate the discussion in many boardrooms, it is actually security that should be close to the top of the priority…
Cybersecurity is becoming an increasing challenge for firms in the UAE. A third of them reported breaches in the past 12 months and an equal number felt it was a growing threat to their organization, a KPMG UAE Cybersecurity Survey shows. The firms that were hacked also said it took between two weeks to a…
“15 years of the war on terror: much was said, but what was achieved?” That was the question that occupied the minds of some of the region’s most well-respected diplomats, political analysts, academics and policy wonks at the second Al Arabiya Global Discussions Forum that got underway in Dubai today. Assessing the steady resurgence of…
With the rapid digitization of almost all aspects of daily human lives, the threat of cybercrime has increased to alarming levels in the region. Governments in the Gulf are taking this threat very seriously as they are planning to invest heavily – more than $9.5 billion – on cybersecurity over the next four years, according…
If Walt Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” proved Hollywood’s biggest surprise hit this year, then credit Sony’s “Guardians of Peace” with producing Tinseltown’s biggest surprise hack. It’s like something out of a movie: larger-than-life characters, A-list stars, mystery, farce, international intrigue, revenge and computer-generated special effects designed to captivate a worldwide audience. There’s no business…
This month’s news provides yet another occasion for a friendly public-service reminder to anyone who uses a digital device to say anything to anyone, ever. Don’t do it. Don’t email, don’t text, don’t update, don’t send photos. At least, don’t do it if you have any expectation that what you say will remain private —…
Regional demand for security and safety services is growing rapidly, and the world’s leading security technology companies are keeping pace to meet the new demand levels in an ever-changing threat landscape, according to the Middle East’s largest multi-solution security provider, G4S. G4S expects the total regional security market to be worth more than $7 billion…
