INTERVIEW / THREATQUOTIENT
AN INTELLIGENT APPROACH TO CYBER THREATS
FIRAS GHANEM, REGIONAL DIRECTOR - MIDDLE EAST & PAKISTAN AT THREATQUOTIENT, TELLS SECURITY ADVISOR HOW THE COMPANY WORKS WITH CUSTOMERS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY OPERATIONS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THREATS.
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hat is the biggest cyber threat facing CIOs and organisations in the region? We see social engineering leading the list of threats. In 2020, almost a third of the breaches incorporated social engineering techniques. We also saw ransomware and vulnerabilities. This year, according to a recent study published by Kaspersky Labs, more than 2.5 billion phishing cases have been reported from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. The report also incorporated an interesting fact: Back in October 2020, cybercriminals successfully stole user login credentials from thousands of Arabic language users, using fake Netflix customer support pages. So, these are some of the major cyber threats that we see today.
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Do you think there is a greater need now for organisations to adopt a more open and extensible threat intelligence platform, and how does ThreatQuotient step into this? Yes, there is a serious need for organisations to do this. In order to
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