UAE CISOs Highlights their Rampant Gaps in Cybersecurity

A majority of security leader based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are convinced that their firms require improvements – in terms of how their teams, processes and technology operates – to mitigate any potential cyberattack.

To provide insight into the challenges faced by CISOs following a breach, cybersecurity firm Trellix surveyed over 500 security executives globally, revealing strategic analysis, eye-opening data, and practical viewpoints.

In their analysis, the Trellix researchers revealed that 96% of CISOs (who have suffered at least one security incident) believe in the need for improvements. However, 52% of the respondents claim that their organizations have meagre to no technical knowledge on how to tackle challenging security incidents.

Reliance on Manual Processes

According to the aforementioned survey, 48% of security leaders believe that their organizations are majorly based on manual processes, which eventually makes it more difficult to identify and fix cyberattacks quickly.

Moreover, 44% of respondents attribute the inability to tackle cybercrime to inadequately documented and executed procedures, while 44% caution that disjointed security controls result in a deficiency of context.

According to Jake Moore, global cybersecurity adviser at ESET, better inv

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