UAE’s cybersecurity leaders are confronting a new era of risk, in which AI-driven attacks, identity-based threats, and heightenedboard scrutiny converge. As the cyber landscape evolves, the CISO role is expanding beyond security operations to become acritical driver of business resilience, trust, and strategic decision-making.
The IDC CISO Xchange is a closed-door, invitation-only gathering of senior security leaders. The Xchange is designed for candid dialogue, shared experience, and strategic insight. Grounded in IDC research and guided by IDC analysts, each session connect sreal-world challenges to forward-looking intelligence.
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.
By 2026, 40% of large enterprises in the META region will have a dedicated budget for GenAI Fraud Defense.
Associate Research Director (META)
IDC
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IDC
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As AI agents become active participants in business processes, security leaders must rethink governance, accountability, trust, and risk management in increasingly autonomous environments. In the UAE, where agentic AI adoption is accelerating and IDC research shows fewer than 20% of organisations have a dedicated AI security framework, this reset is both urgent and consequential.
Peer intelligence
Every session grounded in IDC primary research and guided by IDC security analysts.
IDC Research
Candid peer exchange with the UAE’s most senior CISOs, selected by seniority and sector.
Strategic Outcomes
Leave with frameworks and evidence ready for boards, budgets, and teams.
The Right Room
Recognition of UAE cybersecurity excellence through the CISO Excellence Awards.
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