Dubai, UAE, 21 Aug 2015
StarLink, the region's trusted security-specialised 'true' value-added distributor (VAD), has witnessed a drastic increase in cyber attacks on government organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2015.
Like the private sector, government organisations globally are dependent on creating, collecting and consuming data. Simultaneously, cyber criminals are equally interested in this data, from passwords to financial records and classified files. Also due to the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East region, there has been a drastic increase in zero-day malware targeting critical infrastructure, thereby impacting national security, so the need for improved cyber security is urgent.
"It is clear that government organisations in Saudi Arabia now understand the threats they face. Alongside our channel partners in KSA, we have been engaged in multiple large government cyber security projects this year, implementing best-of-breed next-generation threat protection solutions that address today's cyber security challenges," said Hassan Abdelqader, VP Sales - KSA at StarLink.
Avinash Advani, VP Business Strategy at StarLink, added: "If a government organisation does not know where their sensitive data is, whether it is at risk, if it can be protected from next-generation threats, and how to share it securely, then it cannot know if it has the proper security solutions in place. Government organisations must ensure that they have an effective multi-layered defence-in-depth detection and incident response architecture in place to quickly mitigate against advanced persistent threats (APTs) in order to minimise damage, data loss, and impact to reputation."
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