As the UAE Faced 6,042,459 Email Threats in H1 2020, Organizations Ramp Up Cybersecurity

As the UAE Faced 6,042,459 Email Threats in H1 2020, Organizations Ramp Up Cybersecurity

As the UAE Faced 6,042,459 Email Threats in H1 2020, Organizations Ramp Up Cybersecurity

As the UAE faced 6,042,459 email threats during H1 2020, organizations are ramping up their cybersecurity with integrated threat defense, Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced today ahead of the e-Crime and Cybersecurity Congress UAE on 21 October.

During H1 2020, Trend Micro blocked 6,042,459 email threats in the UAE, which accounted for about one-seventh of the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s 41,236,550 email threats. Trend Micro's Mid-Year Roundup Report also found that worldwide – of the 27.8 billion cyber-threats that Trend Micro detected, 93% of them were email-borne.

At the same time, while the pandemic has dominated all our lives during the first half of 2020, it's not slowing down the cybercriminals.