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ARABIAN RESELLER - MAY 2021
AI HELPS TO STRESS-TEST SECURITY MEASURES TO ENSURE MAXIMUM PROTECTION Ray Kafity, the Vice President for Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) at Attivo Networks, speaks about the security threats faced by companies in the region How has the security threat landscape evolved over the past few months? Like everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a direct impact on the increasing cyber risk level. Remote workforces have increased the attack surface, cloud breaches have increased, and ransomware demands have hit staggering levels. As we embrace the digital world, the cyber threat landscape chang-
es. We see IoT devices becoming more vulnerable to cyber-attacks and the rollout of 5G, which introduces a new set of security risks. In the past few months, we witnessed an increasing number of cyber-attacks globally, affecting organisations of all sizes, including Microsoft, SolarWinds, Acer, Sierra Wireless and others. We also saw a significant rise in ransomware attacks and payouts, with
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demands recorded over $50 million. What sort of security challenges are people facing when working from home, and how is your company equipped to handle those challenges? Working from home means factoring in a significantly expanded attack surface of devices and unsecured Wi-Fi networks that can make devices directly vulnerable since home Wi-Fi
