{"id":46358,"date":"2023-12-27T19:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=46358"},"modified":"2026-03-28T04:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:51:14","slug":"employees-in-saudi-arabia-think-they-would-earn-36-more-if-they-had-better-digital-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/employees-in-saudi-arabia-think-they-would-earn-36-more-if-they-had-better-digital-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees in Saudi Arabia think they would earn 36% more if they had better digital skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27 December 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a new Kaspersky survey<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/6D10D4EE-91EA-419C-A89A-DA157D3AB638#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>, over half of employees in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region feel the lack of digital skills when working on computers and other digital equipment. If they had higher digital skills, employees think they would earn 41% more, on average. Specifically, respondents in Egypt said they would earn 53% more money with higher digital skills, in the UAE \u2013 44% more. Respondents in Saudi Arabia indicated their salary would increase by 36% if they had better digital skills, in Turkiye \u2013 by 35%, and in South Africa \u2013 by 36%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/\u0643\u0627\u0633\u0628\u0631\u0633\u0643\u064a\u064a\u0639\u062a\u0642\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0638\u0641\u0648\u0646-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0644\u0643\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u0646\u0647\u0645-\u0633\u064a\u0643\u0633\u0628\u0648\u0646-\u0623\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u064b-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u0628\u0646\u0633\u0628\u0629-36\u060c-\u0644\u0648-\u0627\u0645\u062a\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0627-\u0645\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a-\u0631\u0642\u0645\u064a\u0629-\u0623\u0639\u0644\u0649_ssict_1200_535.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" 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In the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa region in general, 79% of employees tried to uptake paid or free digital literacy trainings on their own. In Egypt this number stands at 75%, in Saudi Arabia \u2013 at 70%, in the UAE \u2013 at 91%, in Turkiye \u2013 at 81%, and in South Africa at 76%.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of digital skills may not only impede one\u2019s career and deprive them of income, but also produces serious risks for the cybersecurity of the organization where this person is employed. The \u2018human firewall\u2019 is one of the key defenses from cyber incidents. Employees can open a phishing link or download ransomware on corporate device and it\u2019ll produce financial and reputation losses for company. This is why workers on any levels \u2014 from top managers to interns \u2014 should receive proper IT and cybersecurity training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emad Haffar, Head of Technical Experts META at Kaspersky, commented: \u201c<em>While digital skills today are the linchpin for career advancement, employers should not forget about the synergy between individual upskilling and organizational cybersecurity. When companies invest into IT &amp; cybersecurity trainings for their staff, they not only boost their reputation as employers who care about the prosperity of their employees, but also contribute to increasing the cyber protection of organizational infrastructure. Special solutions, such as Kaspersky<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Automated Security Awareness Platform, help to effectively achieve both these goals.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help your employees to improve their digital skills, Kaspersky experts recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>conduct regular checkups to understand what digital skills are most needed for business;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>organize&nbsp;cyber literacy courses and trainings for employees so they could improve their skills \u2013 use Kaspersky&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/small-to-medium-business-security\/security-awareness-platform\">Automated Security Awareness Platform<\/a>, an online learning tool that would help to train employees about relevant topics in cybersecurity;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>make sure employees know about trending cyberthreats like phishing, scam, ransomware attacks and how to recognize and avoid them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/6D10D4EE-91EA-419C-A89A-DA157D3AB638#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<em>2,000 employees across SMBs &amp; enterprises were surveyed in the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa region in 2023.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 December 2023 According to a new Kaspersky survey[1], over half of employees in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region feel the lack of digital skills when working on computers and other digital equipment. 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