EC News DeskThe 7th edition of Barracuda’s ‘Spear phishing: Top Threats and Trends’ report revealed that phishing and Business Email Compromise attacks are among the top three social engineering attacks, accounting for 51% and 9% of the 2021 total respectively. To enable Gisec attendees to effectively counter these threats, the company will showcase Barracuda Total Email Protection, a suite of powerful security solutions that offer protection against a wide range of email threats, at the event.
The report also showed that through 2021, cybercriminals compromised approximately 500,000 Microsoft Office 365 accounts. Having recently announced the regional availability of its Cloud-to-Cloud Backup solution from Microsoft’s cloud data centres in the UAE, the company will use Gisec as a platform to raise awareness around this solution that delivers a fast search and restore experience for Office 365 data, including Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
Earlier this year, Barracuda announced its partnership with Finesse, a global system integration company. The company will participate together with this regional partner and intends to showcase to customers how Finesse’s expertise in digital transformation, complemented by Barracuda’s cybersecurity solutions portfolio, can enable them to reduce cybersecurity risk on their digital journeys.
In the weeks leading up to Gisec, announced that its Cloud-to-Cloud Backup solution will now be delivered to customers in the United Arab Emirates from Microsoft’s local cloud data centres making it possible for customers’ Office 365 backup data will be stored locally within the country, a key requirement for customers operating in regulated industries, and in complying with local regulations. Barracuda will leverage its presence at the show to highlight this development and the value it drives for UAE organisations.
Research by Barracuda has shown that 72% of organisations have been breached through web applications. With applications becoming a primary interface between consumers and the businesses they engage with, securing these critical interfaces is paramount. Through its participation at Gisec, Barracuda intends to demonstrate how its Web Application Firewall, and WAF-as-a-Service offerings help organisations secure their web applications from OWASP Top 10 threats, DDoS, bots, zero-day, and client-side attacks.
