The demands on the kingdom’s CISOs have never been greater or more consequential. AI-driven attacks arerising. The digital agenda will not slow down. Resilience is no longer a defence posture, but a competitiveadvantage. The IDC CISO Xchange is where they meet to shape what comes next.
Building Trust in the Age of Autonomous AI
Governance, accountability, and trust frameworks for AI-powered enterprises.
Cyber Resilience as Business Strategy
Making resilience a driver of business continuity and growth.
Identity, Trust and Expanding Attack Surface
Securing identities across people, systems, and AI agents.
Digital Sovereignty and Strategic Trust
Protecting data sovereignty, strategic assets, and regulatory trust.
Translating Cyber Risk into Business Value
Connecting security investments to business outcomes.
The Future of Security Operations
Balancing AI innovation with security and governance.
Supply Chain Security and Third-Party Risk
Managing third-party and supply chain risk across extended digital ecosystems.
Leadership in an Era of Continuous Disruption
Leading security strategy amid evolving risks and change.
Saudi Arabia's cybersecurity spending will grow 20% in 2026-2027, the fastest rate of any market in the META region.
Associate Research Director (META)
IDC
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Associate Research Director (META)
IDC
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Autonomous AI is shifting security from protecting systems and people to governing machine-speed decisions and actions, demanding a fundamental rethink of leadership, accountability, and risk. Drawing on IDC research, this keynote shows how CISOs and security leaders can set the strategy, operating models, and trust frameworks needed to stay ahead of emerging threats while enabling responsible AI-driven innovation.
Peer intelligence
Every session grounded in IDC primary research and guided by IDC security analysts.
IDC Research
Candid peer exchange with Saudi Arabia’s most senior security leaders – selected by seniority and role.
Strategic Outcomes
Leave with frame works and evidence ready for boards, budgets, and teams in the kingdom’s most complex sectors.
The Right Room
Insights anchored to Saudi Arabia’s security investment priorities and the regulatory environment shaping enterprise decisions.
This blog explores how organisations can embed trust, governance, and resilience into AI systems to ensure they operate reliably, transparently, and at scale in the agentic economy.
AI is transforming SOC operations with dynamic, AI-driven playbooks that adapt in real time to evolving threats.
Cyber risk is no longer just a technical issue, it is a core business concern discussed at the highest levels of the organization.
