In line with its GISEC 2023 participation, Acronis will also launch the Acronis Advanced Security + EDR for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud – a solution that delivers an innovative approach to effective threat detection, containment and remediation by reducing the complexity present in other EDR solutions. As part of our GISEC participation this year, our goal is to highlight the need to mainstream these issues and also showcase ready-to-deploy solutions to the current potential cyber threats”, said Nasr. However, it’s emerging that these technologies can be used by cybercriminals to create malware or phishing emails, thereby, reducing the barriers to entering the cybercrime space and increasing the frequency of attacks. “AI and ML have emerged as two major digital ecosystem disruptors that can be utilised to enhance business competitiveness and boost productivity within an organisation. Speaking on the side-lines of this year’s Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC), Ziad Nasr, General Manager for the Middle East at Acronis noted that while AI and ML are phenomenal technologies, there’s a greater need to identify potential loopholes that cybercriminals can exploit to attack businesses. With 14 percent of all computers protected by Acronis in UAE, at least one malware attack was blocked in the same period. By February 2023 UAE was ranked fifth in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa regarding blocked malware attacks. In the UAE, targeted organisations lost over US$1.4 million in Ransomware, forcing over 40 percent of them to shut down.Ĭyber protection experts from Acronis have warned that AI and machine learning (ML) technologies could pose a big risk to digital ecosystems that are not protected as cybercriminals are likely to take advantage of these new tools to increase the effectiveness of their assault through crafting harder-to-detect attacks. This, according to security experts is driven by factors such as weak credentials, phishing emails, and unpatched vulnerabilities remain the top cyber-attacking vectors.
The accelerated advancement of artificial intelligence-driven (AI) innovations are feared to be clawing back some of the much-needed gains in the global war against cyberattacks as the chances of cyber criminals using the technology to create complex cyber threats loom.Īccording to the latest Acronis Cyberthreats Report, regionally, breaches reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for example, could reach an average of US$7 million even as the country continues to report one out of five attacks to be Ransomware. Ziad Nasr, General Manager for the Middle East at Acronis.
0 kommentar(er)
