UAE successfully defends and deters malicious cyberattacks

UAE successfully defends and deters malicious cyberattacks

The country's Cybersecurity Council and experts call on public and private sectors to be on alert all the time against cyberattacks

Published: Sun 7 May 2023, 1:18 PM

The UAE has successfully defended and deterred malicious cyberattacks by proactively, professionally and efficiently responding to attacks targeted at national digital assets and strategic sectors.

The UAE Cyber Security Council stressed that all the country enjoys a highly developed digital infrastructure and national task forces work to strengthen the country's digital space in accordance with best practices and international standards in this regard.

The UAE, according to Mohammed Hamad Al Kuwaiti, head of cyber security in the UAE, successfully deters over 50,000 cyberattacks per day which target strategic national sectors with the banking, financial, health, oil and gas sectors being the most targeted.

The UAE is ranked fifth position worldwide in the Global Cybersecurity Index of the International Telecommunication Union of the United Nations. Global cybersecurity firm Trend Micro said in its latest report that it detected and blocked over 42 million e-mail threats, prevented more than 17 million malicious URL attacks, and 492,110 URL hosts and 25 million malware attacks.

However, the Council and cybersecurity experts called on public and private sectors to exercise the utmost caution