Ahead of e-Crime and Cybersecurity Congress UAE on 21 October, Trend Micro Highlights the Need for Integrated Threat Defense
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – 20 October 2020 — As the UAE faced 6,042,459 email threats during H1 2020, organizations are ramping up their cybersecurity with integrated threat defense, Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced today ahead of the e-Crime and Cybersecurity Congress UAE on 21 October.
During H1 2020, Trend Micro blocked 6,042,459 email threats in the UAE, which accounted for about one-seventh of the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s 41,236,550 email threats. Trend Micro’s Mid-Year Roundup Report also found that worldwide – of the 27.8 billion cyber-threats that Trend Micro detected, 93% of them were email-borne.
At the same time, while the pandemic has dominated all our lives during the first half of 2020, it’s not slowing down the cybercriminals. And one of the most prominent areas of cyber-threats continues to be via email. COVID-19 related threats were the single largest type of threat in the first half of the year for organizations worldwide. In just six months, Trend Micro blocked 8.8 million COVID-19 related threats, nearly 92% of which were spam delivered via emails.
“Business leaders and IT teams across the UAE are facing nightmare scenarios of cyber-attacks being delivered via email,” said Hani Abdul Qader, Senior Sales Engineer, Trend Micro. “Cyber-attacks can include scammers posing as helpdesks as well as malware embedded in pandemic-related documents that seem to come from government, health or aid organizations, overloaded employees more likely to accidentally open dangerous attachments.”
Cybercriminals have shifted their focus from January through June to take advantage of global interest in the pandemic. In particular, Business Email Compromise (BEC) detections increased by 18% from the second half of 2019, in part due to scammers trying to capitalize on home workers being more exposed to social engineering.
“The e-Crime and Cybersecurity Congress UAE is a vital platform to educate organizations about the cybersecurity gaps created by a completely remote workforce, and the urgent need for organizations to adopt an integrated threat defense,” added Hani Abdul Qader.
During the event, Hani Abdul Qader will present on “From On-Prem to The Cloud, Securing Email System is Still a Top Priority” from 2:40 pm – 3:10 pm. Trend Micro is emphasizing why securing email is still a top priority for on-premises and cloud-based systems, and addressing the security challenges in transitioning email systems to the cloud, new challenges, and adapting comprehensive multilayered protection, detection, and why response is the solution.
Organizations can leverage Trend Micro’s XGen security strategy, which powers the company’s solutions with a cross-generational blend of threat-defense techniques. The recently released Trend Micro XDR, the first in the cybersecurity industry that offers the most extensive correlated detection going beyond endpoint detection and response (EDR).
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About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints. All our products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling better, faster protection. With more than 6,000 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to secure their journey to the cloud. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.