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DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, announces its participation as the Cyber Security Innovation Partner of GITEX Technology Week 2016. The technology exhibition and conference, which is the largest annual ICT gathering in the Middle East, is taking place from 16 – 20 October, 2016 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). This year, GITEX’s theme is “Reimagining New Realities – Cutting edge technologies and experiencesâ€, which DarkMatter identifies with strongly given that many cutting edge technologies are a result of digitisation, which is an environment that needs to be secure in order to perform optimally.
The EMEA 360 Boardroom Survey conducted by Deloitte earlier this year, canvassed 271 non-executive directors across 20 countries in the EMEA region, and found growing awareness and higher priority being given to cyber security issues, as well as more focus on innovation and digitisation.
Sixty per cent of respondents ranked innovation as a very important issue, with product innovation gaining the most attention (63%), followed by business model innovation (49%) and digital innovation (47%). Only 9% of respondents said that their organisation did not have an innovation plan, highlighting the criticality of technological advancements, which need to be properly secured in order be effective and sustainable.