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2024: Memorandum of cooperation with Positive Technologies on training personnel for information security

Positive Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with Amity University Dubai, a private university in the United Arab Emirates. The main goal of the cooperation is to increase the level of training of cybersecurity specialists in the Middle East. Positive Technologies announced this on October 31, 2024.

The parties agreed on the participation of university students and teachers in internships and other activities on, cyber security as well as on joint research. In addition, Positive Technologies and Amity University Dubai agreed to use the technology on a mutually beneficial basis.

According to to data Positive Technologies, over the past year, 60% of all attacks organizations in the countries Middle East accounted for the five most attacked:,,, industries- public sector industry telecommunications IT companies, as well as. science In the education Gulf countries, against the background of geopolitical tensions and the activities of hacktivist groups in the first half of 2024, the number increased by 70% DDoS-attacks compared to the same period in 2023. The UAE is of particular interest to attackers: since the beginning of 2023, 40% of all messages studied by experts on shadow forums that concerned the Gulf countries have been in this country.

At the same time, the UAE has made serious progress in the field of cybersecurity at the national level in recent years. According to the report of the International Telecommunication Union for 2023-2024, the country was in the group of innovative states that received the highest rating in the global cybersecurity index.

The UAE government pays special attention to the development of qualified specialists in the field of information security. Educational programs in higher education institutions, including Amity University, play a key role in training personnel in the country. Through cooperation with Positive Technologies, the experience and expertise of the company's specialists will also be available to our students, "said Satish Kannan, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Interior Design, Amity University Dubai.

For his part, Ilya Leonov, Regional Director, MENA, Positive Technologies, noted that in the face of a constant increase in the number of cyber attacks in the world and an acute shortage of qualified personnel, the company considers the development of educational projects its priority.

We cooperate with dozens of Russian and foreign universities. Our mission is to promote the development of information security specialists in different countries and the formation of an equal global community of experts in this area. The signing of the memorandum with Amity University Dubai will be an important step towards the implementation of this mission and will help university students gain valuable knowledge and skills in the field of cybersecurity, Ilya Leonov said.