Cybersecurity threats are increasingly becoming a cause for concern among businesses in the UAE. According to research from Kaspersky, 87% of UAE companies have faced different forms of cyber incidents in the past two years. The country has been looking at solutions to thwart such attacks and build resilience against malicious cyberattacks targeting strategic sectors, mainly financial services. 

To address this, Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti, Chairman of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, outlined the upcoming policies in cloud computing and data security, Internet of Things security, and cybersecurity operations centers in an interview with the Emirates News Agency.

Emphasizing the UAE’s potential to become a global data hub, he said the UAE is committed to enacting laws and policies that regulate this strategic sector and foster regional and international partnerships across the public and private sectors.

Al-Kuwaiti said that the executive regulations for the encryption law are expected to be issued before the year end.

He further explained that the digital transformation in the UAE encompasses all sectors, creating a growing need for an advanced cybersecurity system to protect cyberspace from potential attacks that could lead to data leaks, identity theft, intellectual property infringement, and breaches of main infrastructure and security digital records.

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