Mastercard Teams Up With Dubai International Financial Center to Enhance Regional Cybersecurity Efforts Mastercard announced over the weekend that it has teamed up with Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) to launch new enhanced regional cybersecurity efforts through the “Cyber Forward” program. According to Mastercard, Cyber Forward is to build secure digital ecosystems through public-private partnerships. “The Global Cyber Forward program combines Mastercard’s cutting-edge capabilities in cyber security with those of leading public sector organizations to create secure digital ecosystems at a national, local and city-level. This partnership with DIFC will help boost cyber readiness and resilience across the financial industry, enabling effective cyber security oversight through the Dubai Financial Service Authority (DFSA) Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) that was launched in January 2020.”