UAE plans cybersecurity vision for next 50 years
The UAE is developing a cyber security vision that will strengthen action against digital crime for the next 50 years, a senior official has said.
The move will give the country “the highest level of resilience”, boosting its ability to “address growing digital challenges”, Dr Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, the Emirates’ online security task force, said on Wednesday.
“As the UAE looks forward to its centennial in 2071, we had an opportunity to pause, examine how the world might evolve, and how we can use technology to optimise outcomes for humanity,” he said.
Dr Al Kuwaiti was speaking during an event hosted by the UAE Cybersecurity Council and KPMG Lower Gulf.
The Cybersecurity Council was established by the Cabinet in November 2020 amid a surge in
threats and attacks on computers and the internet around the world.
The council is responsible for legislation to strengthen cybersecurity, subject to Cabinet approval.
The UAE recorded a 77 per cent increase in the number of emails that contained phishing threats in the second quarter of this year, a report released in August by security company Kaspersky found.
Tactics are becoming more sophisticated, it said.
Source: The National