New Mandiant report highlights the importance of informed cybersecurity decisions for businesses in the Middle East

New Mandiant report highlights the importance of informed cybersecurity decisions for businesses in the Middle East

- Global survey of cyber security decision makers finds that majority of Middle East respondents (91%) are satisfied with the quality of their threat intelligence, but most struggle with effectively applying it

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Mandiant today unveiled the findings of its “Global Perspectives on Threat Intelligence" report, which provides new insight into how organizations navigate the increasingly complex threat landscape. The report is based on a global survey of 1,350 cyber security decision makers across 13 countries and 18 sectors – including respondents from the Middle East.

Operationalizing intelligence identified as a challenge.

Despite the widespread belief among Middle East respondents that understanding the cyber threat actors who could be targeting an organization is important (94%), 83% stated that their organizations make most or all of their cyber security decisions without insights into the threat actor that is targeting them.

While the report found that a majority of respondents (91%) in the region were satisfied with the quality of threat intelligence their organization is using, respondents declared that effectively applying that intelligence throughout the security organization to be one of their greatest challenges (49%). Other findings on the collection of information regarding different threat groups and their tactics, techniques, and procedures