MENA end-user spending on security to rack up $2.6bn in 2022

Cloud security has been tipped as the highest growth area for this year

Kelsey Rees
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MENA end-user spending on security to rack up $2.6bn in 2022

End-user spending on security and risk management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is forecast to total $2.6bn (€2.2bn) in 2022. The sum represents an 11.2 per cent rise from 2021, according to figures from Gartner. The research firm attributed this growth to the continued increase in cyber attacks.  "Cyber attacks have become more sophisticated over the last two years, and the MENA region is not immune," said Gartner principal research analyst, Shailendra Upadhyay. "The...

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