Why cybersecurity is a barrier to financial innovation
Cybersecurity is now a leading barrier to financial innovation. New research explains why fraud, legacy systems and risk are slowing payments progress.
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Top cybersecurity trends for 2026 – from the BHMEA community
BHMEA 2025 speakers share the key cybersecurity trends defining 2026, from AI-driven defence and autonomous agents to zero trust and cloud adoption in the Middle East.
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Startup advice from the exhibition floor
Three startup lessons from founders who exhibited at Black Hat MEA 2025, on market fit, focus, and turning ideas into viable security businesses.
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No one recovers in a day: breach recovery times, in numbers
Enterprise cyber recovery times are longer than expected. New CISO research shows multi-day downtime and million-dollar recovery costs.
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Here’s how phishing kits levelled up in 2025 – and what 2026 has in store
Phishing kits became more advanced in 2025, with MFA bypass, QR codes and PhaaS dominating attacks. Here’s what security teams should expect in 2026.
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The evolution of AI in film – from the 1960s to now
From HAL 9000 to modern distributed systems, we trace how AI in movies has evolved alongside real computing – and what that arc reveals for today’s technologists.
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