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Security spending in the Middle East and North Africa is set to reach just over AED 4 billion this year, according to analysts at Gartner. The company says spending on information security technology and services in the MENA region is projected to grow 15% in 2015. Sophisticated and high impact targeted attacks as well as digital business elements such as cloud and mobile computing is the reason organizations have an interest in security.