From failing to understand the market to ignoring risk management, people often underestimate what it takes to navigate this digital asset.

The US consulate in Dhahran - where Saudi oil giant Aramco is based - urges people to shelter. Elsewhere, the UK deploys "a significant level of defensive capability" to Cyprus.

Shreyans Mehta is the cofounder and CTO of Cequence Security, a pioneer of unified application and API protection.