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EDITOR’S QUESTION
GOPAN SIVASANKARAN,
SE LEAD – MIDDLE EAST,
TURKEY AND AFRICA
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s far as cybersecurity is concerned,
we see unprecedented attacks across
the Middle East and North Africa, to
which Kuwait is not immune. The problem
is two-fold: most organisations struggle to
detect these threats and face even greater
challenges in finding professionals with the
know-how to respond to these incidents
once they have been identified.
Regionally and globally, organisations
are confronting real cybersecurity threats
against a backdrop of talent shortages. In
the era of Digital Transformation, this dearth
of expertise presents significant risks to
Kuwait’s future cybersecurity – organisations
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AS FAR AS
CYBERSECURITY
IS CONCERNED,
WE SEE
UNPRECEDENTED
ATTACKS ACROSS
THE MIDDLE
EAST AND NORTH
AFRICA, TO
WHICH KUWAIT IS
NOT IMMUNE.
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are adopting and implementing new
technologies while struggling to hire and
retain security talent.
Due to the lack of good in-house security
players, organisations are faced dealing with
local managed security services providers
that do not have the expertise to provide
protection across their network, safeguarding
the perimeter, critical internal assets, data,
remote users, customers and partners.
who wish to switch to international
providers consequently find it harder to
justify the change to their employers,
even when doing so would yield
significant security improvements
Another observation we see in Kuwait is the
overemphasis on technology.
These firms tend to be distinguished by: Many organisations invest in flashy boxes
or pieces of security software, ignoring the
‘people and process’ elements without which
defending attacks is extremely difficult.
• Workforces that are relatively inexperienced
• Employees who lack the necessary skillsets
• The setting of low budget precedents
with executives. Security managers For more information, read my blog on
the subject: secureworks.com/blog/in-
technology-we-trust-three-reasons-why-
thats-not-enough.
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