CompTIA Advises on Maximising Cyber Security in the Middle East as estimated costs to businesses exceeds $1 billion

With the cost of cybercrime to businesses in the Middle East exceeding $1 billion and predictions that the volume of cyber-attacks will increase, CompTIA, the leader in vendor-neutral skills certifications for the global IT workforce, explains why the provision of ongoing cyber security training is key to risk reduction.

“Staff armed with certifications from associations like CompTIA can perform support and security tasks more efficiently and reliably,” said Graham Hunter, Vice President, Skills Certifications at CompTIA. “Certified personnel are more vigilant and better equipped to research, assess and protect against the various elements of security risk.”

Commenting further on the issue, he said: “CompTIA’s recent Trends in Information Security study highlighted 52% of human errors account for the root cause of security breaches. This is predominantly down to lack of understanding of new threats with many employees failing to fully grasp security implications. Training is the clear answer for mitigating human error, but companies struggle to understand how to investment in it. Only 54% of companies offer some form of cybersecurity training.”

When security threats are growing and changing at pace it is particularly important to equip staff to understand and operate in a dynamic environment. For example, CompTIA’s Security+ certified training covers security skills and techniques in enterprise security, risk management, research and analysis, and integration of computing, communications and business disciplines. The more advanced CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner covers the technical knowledge and skills required to design, and engineer secure solutions across complex enterprise environments. This kind of knowledge delivers real value to companies in the long term through staff trained to understand the environment and continue developing their professional knowledge in the future.

Hunter continued: “Awareness creates action, which is invaluable for tightening security. However, companies should use policies to create awareness — by routinely implementing, updating and communicating them rather than wait for it to happen through a cyber security breach.”

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