The cyber security market of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set to grow to $13.43 billion by 2019, covering an expected average annual growth of 13.7 per cent in the next five years, according to a recent report from Cybersecurity Ventures, a leading research and business development firm.

 

Industry experts have also predicted that digital businesses will suffer major service failures due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk. 

 

Looking to address this challenge, Koenig Solutions, a leading IT training provider and offshore training company in India, has expressed confidence in addressing the skills shortage in the regional cyber security market by leveraging its diverse portfolio of world class IT-based courses. 

 

The company will throw spotlight on its cyber security focused offerings during their participation as the silver sponsor of this year's edition of the GCC Cyber Security Summit, which will be held from September 13 to 16 at the Beach Rotana in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

 

According to the report, digital businesses, powered by the Internet of Things (IoT), will disrupt the security organisation more than the emergence of the internet. 

 

To avoid further risk, majority of the security projects currently underway and in the pipeline have placed strong focus on the improvement of security operations and incident response capabilities of enterprise infrastructure. 

 

These initiatives strongly complement predictions that global spending on IT security is set to increase by 8.2 per cent this year, with the world spending more than $101 billion on information security in 2018. 

 

Rohit Aggarwal, chief executive officer and founder of Koenig Solutions, said: “Despite the rapid growth being experienced by the global IT segment, there is still a major lack of skills availability, particularly in the MEA region. As such, a large number of enterprises will rely on value added resellers and system integrators to help address their security needs, which in turn will create opportunities for vendors who can strategically align themselves with emerging buying segments.

 

“The growing adoption of mobile, cloud and social media is expected to drive in an increase in use of new security technology and services in the next few years. With all of these developments in mind, the GCC Cyber Security Summit is being positioned as an ideal platform for industry decision makers and stakeholders along with public and private organisations to gather and discuss timely trends and issues in the cyber security segment.”

 

The summit is expected to provide collective guidance and analysis coming from some of the world’s premier cyber security experts. 

 

It will seek to examine regional threat perceptions, risks and solutions, while also assessing how attacks on critical infrastructure should be handled and how to ensure secure government and business continuity. 

 

It will accordingly serve central and local government, critical infrastructure, energy and utilities, telecommunications, technology industries, research and development organisations, health sector, security and intelligence services, police services and crime prevention, finance and banking, pharma, transportation, communication networks, the retail sector and individual consumers.

 

Aditya Girish, territory manager, said: “We are putting all our efforts in addressing the growing need for the improvement in security operations and incident response capabilities of enterprise infrastructure. 

 

“Koenig will be conducting intensive workshops on topics such as cyber security system, virtualisation security, and wireless network security, which will prove to be of immense value to security professionals present at the event.” - TradeArabia News Service