Category: Technology

Qualys, Inc. has announced its participation in GISEC 2022, with the subject “Securing Your Digital Transformation with Cybersecurity Automation.” Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional media sources have reported a significant increase in cyberattacks. Malware assaults in the Middle East increased by about 17 percent in the first half of 2021 compared to the previous year. Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, and Qatar were among the most impacted, with Oman alone experiencing a 67 percent rise in incidences. “As organizations continue to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, they must adapt their threat postures to cover newly adopted technologies and methodologies such as containers, DevOps, mobility, IoT, OT and cloud, while maintaining their traditional data centers,” said Hadi Jaafarawi, Managing Director, Middle East, Qualys. “Qualys’ cloud platform, with its suite of security applications, delivers an indispensable capability to gain visibility across the entire infrastructure, and enhance remediation efforts.”