The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape in the MECA Region

Tata Communication's Avinash Prasad on Regional Nuances in 2018

Organizations in the Middle East and Central Asia are beginning to respond to the nuances of the evolving threat landscape in the region, says Avinash Prasad, Vice President and Head of the Managed Security Services Business at Tata Communications, in this exclusive interview with Information Security Media Group.

The MECA region is seeing an explosion in its information and communications technology infrastructure, and this is changing the risk profile, Prasad says. Addressing the advanced capabilities required to effectively address these new challenges, Prasad says that actionable threat intelligence is essential. Organizations need to be proactive, going beyond conventional techniques, which are based on log-monitoring and correlational rules, to improve the monitoring lifecycle, he argues. More threat intelligence-based monitoring is needed, linked to a strong incident response process, he says.