Author: Adel Abdel-sadek عادل عبد الصادق

Publisher: Arab Center for Cyberspace Research-المركز العربي لأبحاث الفضاء الالكتروني

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Total Pages: 38

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The Countries and industries across the world have become increasingly dependent on integrated digital services that use technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) , Smart Cities, and Digital Economy. Digitization is high on the agenda in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to Gartner, it is spending in IT will be reach to $160 billion in 2020, an increase of 2.4% from 2019, the internet penetration rate in the region is higher than the global average at 67.2%, as compared with 56.8% for the rest of the world. The progress of digitalization of government services and geopolitical prominence in MENA make it a prime target for all types of cyber attackers, from hacktivists and cybercriminals to nation-state intelligence-gathering and offensive information warfare operations. This has resulted in a renewed focus on the importance of cyber resilience across all sectors that employ such technologies and the need for effective cyber security measures to protect organizations from the spate of targeted attacks, The Covid 19 is discovering and testing what the MENA adapted polices ,Tools ,application for Cyber resilience by Understand, Measure and Manage.and it is related with the achieve of the United nation goals for development sustainable 2030 . We aimed to explore the state of digitization and it is The challenge and chances at MENA Region . Especially the rise of cyber attacks and it is impacts on Digital economy . we will study also the role of cyber resilience and it is aspects on MENA and related services', this paper argues that these countries should take a balanced approach to cyber resilience that recognizes limited cyber security resources and includes international engagement with other states, multinational companies and international organizations, as well as an early government appraisal of the opportunities and risks presented by new technologies We aimed to Bridging the expertise a cross the European union and MENA on cyber resilience, pushing to build a networking and learning platform for strengthening cyber security in regional and global level especially in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, and Support the UN digital cooperation initiative. and other EU Cyber initiatives.