From experimentation to enterprise: Securing UAE’s AI deployment lifecycle

Fady Younes, Managing Director for Cybersecurity at Cisco Middle East, Africa, Türkiye, Romania, and CIS. The UAE is among the world’s fastest adopters of AI, driven by strong government policies, heavy investment in digital infrastructure, and widespread enterprise interest. As the country pursues its National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, organisations are becoming acutely aware that the unprecedented pace of AI adoption requires them to strengthen cyber resilience at the same pac