The UAE public sector faces around 50,000 cyber attacks every day.
Speaking at G[P]Recently, at the RC Summit in Dubai, Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, head of cybersecurity of the UAE government, said that the type of threats range from port scanning and phishing emails to DDoS attacks and ransomware, affecting every area of government.
He also said ministries were working with the private sector to ensure their resilience against such threats local media reports.
Regarding cybersecurity attacks in the private sector, Al Kuwaiti said the numbers could be double or triple the number of threats faced by the public sector, and that the financial sector is “the most exposed” to cyber attacks.
The number of cybersecurity offensives faced by businesses in the UAE has increased year-on-year one report claims 87% of businesses in the UAE have faced various forms of cyber incidents in the last two years. This has led the UAE to form threat intelligence sharing partnerships with United States Department of the Treasury AND a number of other nations.