{"id":38758,"date":"2022-12-15T16:10:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=38758"},"modified":"2026-03-28T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:27:08","slug":"employees-in-saudi-arabia-believe-robots-are-prone-to-cyberattacks-but-trust-them-to-control-city-transport-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/employees-in-saudi-arabia-believe-robots-are-prone-to-cyberattacks-but-trust-them-to-control-city-transport-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees in Saudi Arabia believe robots are prone to cyberattacks, but trust them to control city transport & logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Kaspersky research[1]<\/sup><\/a>, employees in Saudi Arabia trust robots in performing ordinary tasks in logistics, transportation, and cleaning. But they were less willing to trust robots with life critical functions, such as performing surgeries, flying airplanes without pilots, managing dangerous manufacturing or pharmaceutical production. One of the reasons for the lack of trust to robots is the belief that robots are prone to cyberattacks: this point of view is supported by 3 out of 4 employees (76%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees see robots fit to perform some duties, but unfit for others. For instance, 90% trust robots to do cleaning, 79% trust them in delivering parcels and orders. At the same time, less than half of employees would trust robots in such tasks as managing dangerous manufacturing (39%), and only a third of respondents trust robots to perform a surgery (35%).\u00a0These concerns can be explained by the fact that more than half (60%) of all employees point out it\u2019s unclear who bears responsibility if robots fail in their duties due to an equipment malfunction or a cyberattack.\u00a0And 57% of employees believe that if robots malfunction, they can cause physical threat to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you trust robots in performing these tasks?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cToday robotics are used together with industrial control systems and other information technology to handle production processes, replacing manual labor and improving efficiency, speed, quality and performance.<\/em> Our research shows a split in employees\u2019 opinion on the duties that robots are fit to carry out. While employees in general are ready for robots to perform unskilled duties, such as cleaning and order delivery, the majority are not ready to trust robots with critical functions which, if done wrong, could cause financial damage or be a physical threat to humans<\/em>,\u201d comments Emad Haffar, Head of Technical Experts at Kaspersky. \u201cFrom January to September 2022 malicious objects were blocked on 38% of ICS computers in the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa region that were protected by Kaspersky solutions, according to Kaspersky ICS CERT statistics. We predict that the number of attacks on robots in different industries may increase due to the continuing digitization.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep your systems protected from various threats, Kaspersky experts recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n