Just saw that Kaspersky released this OT Calculator tool for Middle East industrial companies—basically lets you plug in your sector, company size, breach history, and existing security controls, then it spits out the actual financial impact of cyber incidents. Pretty interesting angle because most security discussions get stuck in technical metrics, but this one translates it to money that executives actually care about.

The thing is, there's always this weird disconnect where security teams are pushing for more budget while leadership is trying to balance everything else. Kaspersky's calculator benchmarks you against industry peers too, so you can see where you actually stand. Given how much industrial activity matters for GCC growth strategies—UAE's pushing industrial GDP to AED 300bn by 2031, Saudi's NIDLP hit nearly SAR 1 trillion in non-oil GDP last year—cyber resilience is becoming less of an IT checkbox and more of a real business problem.

Worth checking out if you're in that space or advising on industrial security spending. The data they're using comes from VDC Research, so not just random estimates.