“We need better resources, processes and technology to be cyber resilient” – Khaled Alateeq, Trellix

“We need better resources, processes and technology to be cyber resilient” – Khaled Alateeq, Trellix

Damning research from XDR leader Trellix, has found that CISOs across the UAE and KSA do not have adequate access to the technologies and processes they need to become cyber resilient as the threat landscape continues to evolve and grow.

Despite a continued increase in cybersecurity spending in the region, organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia remain ill-equipped to face down the cyber-menace.

End-of-decade CAGRs for the GCC cybersecurity market have been revised upwards, from 5.9% in 2017 to as high as 7.6% last year.

While this is a clear illustration of heightened interest in security matters at the board level, Trellix’s “Mind of the CISO” report shows that two thirds (66%) of CISOs in the UAE and KSA still believe their organizations lack the right people and processes to be cyber resilient and almost three quarters (74%) believe their current technology setup is insufficient.

The research — which was conducted by Vanson Bourne across nine countries and surveyed 500 CISOs at companies with more than 1,000 employees — found that when it came to challenges around people, more than