From reactive defense to predictive protection

Exploring Al's cyber revolution in the Middle East

- By Bernard Montel EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist, Tenable

The Middle East stands at the forefront of digital ambition, driven by transformative national strategies like Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and Saudi Vision 2030. These blueprints for economic diversification and “smart city” development rest on a foundation of advanced technology, making the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across every sector a critical imperative. Consequently, the most important trend for CIOs and CISOs is the comprehensive adoption of Al.

This mass integration, however, has created an intense cyber arms race. Attackers are already leveraging AI to rapidly launch sophisticated, multilayered, personalised attacks at scale, including deepfake scams and autonomous malware.