Africa and the Middle East performed better than average compared to economies of similar size. However, investing in updated technology and patch-updating processes would contribute to global cyber resilience

securityScorecard published data on January 15 at the World Economic Forum that the Middle East scored a low “B”, but fared better than economically similar regions in East Asia and Southern Europe in terms of cybersecurity. For its part, Africa outperformed its peers in the Central Asia and Caucasus region and South Asia with a solid “C” ranking. According to Ryan SherstoBitoff, senior vice president at SecurityScorecard, both regions need to invest in replacing outdated technology and end-of-life systems, and create stronger workflows to identify threats and fix systems