The rise of marketplaces and aggregation concepts in the Middle East reflect a booming global trend, and it requires the right payment platforms to support and complement its growth.

3DS 2.2, supported by Netcetera’s Access Control Server (ACS), several factors (transaction limits, whitelisting) are used to bypass unnecessary steps and encourage simplified online purchases.

Al Maya Group Director, Kamal Vachani, said: “As one of the UAE’s largest supermarket chains, Al Maya’s Supermarkets reputation is built on the trust of our loyal customers. Since the pandemic began, we have consciously pivoted to serve customers in a safe and secure manner, whether in store or through home deliveries.

The impact of this attack is a reflection of the fact that ransomware operators are always on the move – improving, automating and becoming more effective at targeting larger and larger organizations.

Despite this exponential growth in data generation, the data businesses need usually won’t sit neatly in a predefined database – inside a fully prepared data table – just waiting for you to access it. IDC estimates that 90% of all data created is ‘dark data’ – information that is unstructured, locked away, or generally inaccessible.