According to Kaspersky ICS CERT statistics, various types of malicious objects were blocked on 37.9% of ICS computers in the UAE between January and September 2022.

Computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked in the Middle East in the first half of 2022 using a variety of techniques. According to the ICS threat landscape study by Kaspersky ICS CERT, malicious objects were prevented on every third (36%) ICS machine in the area that was shielded by Kaspersky solutions. 15% of the ICS PCs in the area banned phishing pages, and 11% blocked spyware.

According to the IDC market share report, “Device vulnerability management (DVM) is no longer just about counts of vulnerabilities but the risk they present to an organization if they remain unpatched.

Ransomware assaults are becoming more common, resulting in millions of dollars in reputational harm, recovery costs, extorted ransom payments, revenue loss, and the inability to operate vital infrastructure, among other things

Operational Technology (OT) systems have been used to manage everything from factories to transportation networks to utilities for years. Most citizens, however, do not consider these mechanisms until there is a problem.