{"id":279510,"date":"2026-06-23T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:00:12","slug":"jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan advances cybersecurity readiness as cyber incidents decline 16% in Q1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/en\/news\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026%C2%A0\">Jordan advances cybersecurity readiness as cyber incidents decline 16% in Q1 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/en\/news\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026%C2%A0\">https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/en\/news\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026%C2%A0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-23 09:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"petra.gov.jo\">petra.gov.jo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amman, June 23 (Petra) \u2013 Jordan is pursuing a comprehensive national<br \/>\nvision to protect its digital future by strengthening cybersecurity<br \/>\nand enhancing the readiness of institutions to address evolving cyber<br \/>\nthreats, Director of the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCC) Mohammad<br \/>\nSamadi said. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Government Communication Forum on Tuesday, organised<br \/>\nby the Ministry of Government Communication, Samadi said the NCC,<br \/>\nestablished in 2021 under the Cybersecurity Law, is responsible for<br \/>\ndeveloping and regulating Jordan&#8217;s national cybersecurity system.<\/p>\n<p>He said the centres work focuses on legislation and regulation,<br \/>\ncapacity building and operational and intelligence functions. The NCC<br \/>\nhas launched several initiatives, including the &#8220;Safe Online&#8221;<br \/>\nplatform, the &#8220;Wa\u2019i&#8221; awareness platform and the &#8220;Cyber Story&#8221;<br \/>\npodcast, targeting students, government employees, critical<br \/>\ninfrastructure operators and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>Among its key programmes are the &#8220;Cyber Warriors&#8221; competition for<br \/>\nschool and university students, cybersecurity training for government<br \/>\nliaison officers and awareness campaigns and workshops across<br \/>\nsectors.<\/p>\n<p>Samadi said Jordan&#8217;s cybersecurity ecosystem is supported by a range<br \/>\nof laws, regulations, policies and strategies, most notably the<br \/>\nNational Cybersecurity Strategy 2025\u20132028 and the Jordanian National<br \/>\nCybersecurity Framework.<\/p>\n<p>During the first quarter of 2026, cyber incidents in Jordan declined<br \/>\nby 16 per cent compared with the same period in 2025, while critical<br \/>\nincidents accounted for just 0.5 per cent of the total.<\/p>\n<p>The most common threats included ransomware, denial-of-service<br \/>\nattacks, phishing, social engineering and the exploitation of<br \/>\nsecurity vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>He added that AI-powered cyberattacks rose globally by 89 per cent,<br \/>\nwhile 75 per cent of breaches resulted from compromised credentials<br \/>\nor digital identities.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities detected 27 websites impersonating national&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/en\/news\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026%C2%A0\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan advances cybersecurity readiness as cyber incidents decline 16% in Q1 2026 https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/en\/news\/jordan-advances-cybersecurity-readiness-as-cyber-incidents-decline-16-in-q1-2026%C2%A0 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/petra.gov.jo\/\/storage\/media\/2026\/06\/23\/7539f51b-78ed-4de2-8304-6752b0af3c7a.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,25,57],"class_list":["post-279510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-phishing","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279513,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510\/revisions\/279513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}