73% of Saudi Arabia respondents are worried about their connected devices being hacked or attacked

73% of Saudi Arabia respondents are worried about their connected devices being hacked or attacked

- Cisco security experts warn of relaxed approach to cybersecurity in the home and on personal devices

- 54% said corporate cybercrime has made them think their personal data is more at risk now than 12 months ago

- Yet 69% of users primarily use their personal phone for work tasks and 61% have used unsecured public networks for basic work tasks

- 29% do not use or do not know multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Ahead of its participation at Black Hat MEA that will be held from 15 to 17 November 2022 in Riyadh, Cisco has revealed the results of its recent consumers’ security survey in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA. The study revealed interesting trends about device security amid the significant acceleration of digitization across KSA.

Fady Younes, Cybersecurity Director, EMEA Service Providers and MEA, commented: “Cisco consumer survey in KSA is giving us a tremendous insight into general approach to security when the private and the public are blending in the hybrid workplace. While the pandemic has accelerated the hybrid work model and the remote access to business data, we have identified many red flags consumers should pay attention to. We have noticed that unconscious insider threats