Dark Mater issues the first e-safety report in the UAE

DarkMatter Group, the first and only provider of integrated solutions for digital transformation, defense and e-security in the region, today released a quarterly e-safety report that provides detailed information on e-threats, vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities faced by organizations in the United Arab Emirates in the context of the digital transformation scene. Currently.

Highlights of report Q3 2018

• Ninety-three percent of Dark Theme reviews found old software, 83 percent found unauthorized software.
• "Unauthorized access" or "Configuration errors" are the primary cause of 70% of detected incidents.
• 45 percent of the 20 most common disadvantages are classified as "high-risk" or "critical".
• In the United Arab Emirates, 276,000 vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities were monitored in nearly 800,000 internet-connected roaming systems, which were determined and evaluated by the company.

The final recommendations for best practices to address these threats include the adoption of training programs for educating users on e-security, the use of dual-phase authentication, software upgrades, and software configuration management. The report also contains the 9 most common sources of threats reported by Dark Matter.

These nine sources have already been successfully used to conceal the e-security defense that many organizations have taken. The statistics and information provided by Dark Matter in this report are very important for every executor who is responsible for making digital infrastructure decisions and e-threat protection systems.

Eddie Schwartz, executive vice president of the security services, Dark Matter Group, said: "The findings contained in the report strongly point to the potential risks we face and remind us of the unfortunate events that have happened in the past as the triggers of these For example, unauthorized access reminds us of the fact that users of Yahoo accounts are misused, and the old software returns us to the famous WannaCry attack. "These are sad examples that could turn many of the companies into a painful reality again because the necessary steps are not taken. "

The e-security report is the first of its kind in the region, offering a mixture of internal data and analytics from company's specialized services and platform technologies and open-source information relevant to UAE. Drake Matter's goal is to increase awareness and ideas and effective recommendations for managing and addressing identified risks.

The report provides an insight into evidence-based quantitative and qualitative data and evidence to help organizations in the United Arab Emirates better understand the risks they face and take immediate action and measures to increase the degree of immunity of a cyber-company. According to the report, organizations operating in the UAE have about 800,000 video hosting systems in the Internet, a computer system that is usually in the form of servers that provide a variety of jobs and work tasks, including 276,000 disadvantages.

Almost half of the vulnerabilities that were identified as vulnerable to risk were classified as CVSS, which is a standard indicator of the severity of security vulnerabilities in systems. The report included more vulnerability investigations, six categories were ranked by the aeCERT computer scale.

"We have identified a number of cyber attacks that have been classified as critical on the aeCERT scale, reflecting the potential damage to any targeted institution in the country, if any of these attacks have been successfully carried out. The results confirm that regular electronic evaluation and continuous commitment to improving the degree security on the basis of e-restructuring systems are urgent measures to ensure a higher level of electronic immunity. "

Completes the report with the list Seven practical recommendations For organizations that use and improve electronic security systems:

• Upgrade programs and use security patches.
• Follow procedures for maintaining network and system security.
• Remove programs that do not comply with the relevant standards.
• Use advanced password management policies, including two-way authentication.
• Review and control of vital systems.
• Conduct regular awareness training programs on electronic security.
• Execution of current security assessments.

The report contains a detailed version of these recommendations and details of institutional support for the UAE in protecting their networks from potential risks. The Dark Mater Group recommends that all organizations in the United Arab Emirates benefit from the forthcoming e-security conference, which includes an intensive program that includes technical training courses covering 11 different themes and two days of multidisciplinary lectures in the field of electronic security and world-renowned competitions.

Dark Mater collaborates with the organizer of the Beyond the Space business conference in conjunction with the events that take place during the conference.