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Cross-border Cooperation: A Game-Changer for Gulf Cybersecurity

Recent years have witnessed a series of increasingly audacious and unprecedented cyber attacks, leading up to the recent accusations of Russian hacking throughout last year’s U.S. presidential election season.

In the Middle East, the Gulf region has also experienced its fair share of the threat from cyberspace. In fact, proportional to its population and attack surface, the Gulf faces more cyber attacks than any other region in the world.

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