{"id":39920,"date":"2020-04-02T15:28:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smex.org\/?p=22829"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:28:24","slug":"mena-digital-threats-and-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/ar\/mena-digital-threats-and-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"MENA Digital Threats and controls [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/ar\/home.html\/\">\u062e\u0628\u0632 \u0648 \u0646\u062a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/ar\/breadnet-2019-a-digital-rights-revolution-2\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/ar\/breadnet-2019-a-digital-rights-revolution-2\/\">2019<\/a>, the MENA Digital Threats and Controls session discussed the most prevalent types of digital threats&nbsp; and patterns in the region. Additionally, experts also explored the basic digital security controls that users can adopt to protect their digital existence.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Sibai, technologist and Rapid Response Network coordinator revealed that between 2010 and 2019, said that 17 countries in the region imported or used spyware of international companies, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecode.com\/en\/\">Blue code<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamma_Group\">Gumma Group<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsogroup.com\/\">NSO GROUP<\/a>. At the top of the list were the KSA, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE. As a result, strengthening our personal digital security practices is more important than ever.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abir Ghattas, information security technologist at Human Rights Watch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/\">HRW<\/a>), introduced the 5 main questions users should ask in their digital security risk assessment process:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are you trying to protect?<\/li><li>What are you trying to protect it from? Abir explained that this threat can be a person or a recent sensitive situation.<\/li><li>How likely is the threat to occur?<\/li><li>What would the impact be if the threat actor succeeded? Abir reassured that this \u201cdoes not mean that we have failed.\u201d<\/li><li>What are the controls that should be in place to mitigate these risks?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts then outlined the most basic and important controls that should be implemented to provoke any malware or hack, namely:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Updating applications regularly&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Restarting your device, which is a way to kill several types of malware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Activating Two-Factor Authentication in your apps, which adds a second layer of security to the device itself. Make sure to activate 2FA with a backup code, and via an application, such as Google Authenticator &#8211; not through regular mobile messages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Use a password manager &#8211; this helps in generating strong passwords and storing them safely.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Activate device encryption &#8211; mainly by putting a strong passphrase to your mobile phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Use circumvention tools, such as a VPN. Always use a VPN, especially when using an open wifi connection.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on how to answer the digital security risk assessment questions and tips for protecting yourself in an increasingly surveilled digital sphere, watch the full session here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MENA Digital Threats and controls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJuZaIrfXlo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Bread&amp;Net 2019, the MENA Digital Threats and Controls session discussed the most prevalent types of digital threats&nbsp; and patterns in the region. Additionally, experts also explored the basic digital security controls that users can adopt to protect their digital existence.&nbsp; Ali Sibai, technologist and Rapid Response Network coordinator revealed that between 2010 and 2019, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[6,27,28],"class_list":["post-39920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breadandnet","category-events","tag-breadnet","tag-digital-security","tag-28"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",2474,1228,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",150,74,false],"medium":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",300,149,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",768,381,false],"large":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",1024,508,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",1536,762,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",2048,1017,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BN-session1.png",18,9,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Bread&amp;Net","author_link":"https:\/\/breadandnet.org\/ar\/author\/breadandnet\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"During Bread&amp;Net 2019, the MENA Digital Threats and Controls session discussed the most prevalent types of digital threats&nbsp; and patterns in the region. 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