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Over Two-third UAE CISOs Feel Prepared For Targeted Cyber Attacks

May 22, 2024

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Proofpoint has released its annual Voice of the CISO report, which explores key challenges, expectations and priorities of chief information security officers (CISOs) worldwide. The 2024 report draws attention to a notable trend: while fears of cyber attacks remain high, CISOs in the UAE demonstrate increasing confidence in their ability to defend against these threats, reflecting a significant shift in the cybersecurity landscape. Over two-thirds (70%) of surveyed CISOs in the UAE feel at risk of a material cyber attack […]

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CyberKnight Announces VAD Partnership With Proofpoint For Middle East & North Africa

February 7, 2024

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To support enterprise and government organizations across MENA to better protect sensitive data, stop targeted threats while minimizing AI risks, CyberKnight has become a value-added distributor for Proofpoint. As a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations’ greatest assets, Proofpoint helps companies around the world to safeguard their data and empower them to stop malicious email attacks, detect and prevent identity-based threats and defend sensitive data from theft, loss, and insider threats. This partnership will see CyberKnight selling, and […]

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Proofpoint Reveals Generative AI Is Viewed As A Security Risk

September 6, 2023

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Proofpoint has released its second annual Cybersecurity: The 2023 Board Perspective report, which explores board of directors’ views on the global threat landscape, cybersecurity priorities, and relationships with CISOs.

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Top Middle East Universities Not Proactively Blocking Fraudulent Emails: Proofpoint

August 28, 2023

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Proofpoint has released new research identifying that 84% of the top 100 universities in the Middle East are lagging behind on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting students, staff and partners to a higher risk of email-based impersonation attacks. These findings are based on a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) adoption analysis of the top 100 universities based in the Middle East. DMARC is an email validation protocol designed to protect domain names from being misused by cybercriminals. It authenticates the sender’s […]

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Threat Actors Scale And Commoditize Uncommon Tools And Techniques

June 15, 2023

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Proofpoint has released its annual Human Factor report, revealing that after two years of pandemic-induced disruption, 2022 was a return to business as usual for the world’s cyber criminals. As COVID-19 medical and economic programs began to wind down, attackers had to find new ways to make a living by honing their social engineering skills, commoditizing once-sophisticated attack techniques, and creatively searching for new opportunities in unexpected places. From scaling brute-force and targeted attacks on cloud tenants to the surge […]

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35% of the top Middle East retailers leave Ramadan shoppers vulnerable to email fraud

March 23, 2023

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Cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint has released research which shows that only 65% of the top 20 retailers in the Middle East have implemented the minimum level of DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) protection, meaning 35% are taking no steps to prevent malicious actors spoofing their domain. Worryingly, only 6 out of the top 20 (30%) have the strictest and recommended DMARC policy (‘reject’) in place, meaning 70% are not proactively blocking fraudulent emails from reaching consumers. With […]

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Employee cybersecurity negligence puts Middle East organizations at risk in hybrid work environments

October 4, 2022

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Over a third of UAE and KSA employees (38% and 36% respectively) admit they would take documents with them to their next A survey by global cybersecurity company Proofpoint has revealed that working professionals in the Middle East are putting their employers at risk through their cybersecurity negligence, fueled by the adoption of hybrid work. Many employees are responsible for creating data loss challenges for their organization, with 38% in the UAE and 36% in KSA admitting that they would […]

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Top six holiday season scams

December 17, 2019

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The threat landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. To stay safe this holiday season, Proofpoint has compiled a list of the top six scams that shoppers may encounter:

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