As industry experts look to continually increase efficiency in their operations, cloud operations and the Internet of Things (IOT) have been used increasing, but with this, comes cybersecurity threats, so global organisations are coming together to fight cybercrime
PriceWaterhouseCooper said, in light of the cyberattacks in Saudi Arabia, that hackers are hitting the region more often and with greater severity. Cyber security experts FireEye have stated that technology alone is not an adequate defense, and that more education is vital.
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the image of the drowned Syrian toddler that shocked viewers a year ago came back to computer screens, but this time, it was a warning ahead of a cyber attack which destroyed 35,000 computers in a matter of hours.
“For the last couple of years the U.S. Department of Defense has been trying to get the Gulf states to harden their defenses,” said James Lewis, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. “Some of them are in OK shape. Saudi Arabia is not.”
British Prime Minister publicly backed the Middle East in helping improve airport security in order to help prevent terrorism. One of many techniques that will be utilised is an increase in cybersecurity, particularly in signal jamming and interference with aeroplane technology.
According to the Telegraph, British experts will help improve traveller screening systems at airports in the Middle East amid growing fears of airline plots by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).
