CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report reveals that attackers are moving faster than ever, weaponizing AI, exploiting identity systems, and targeting the software supply chain at an alarming scale.

A Dataiku/Harris Poll survey of 800+ enterprise CIOs finds careers, budgets, and company survival are now tied to measurable AI outcomes — with the UAE, Europe, and high-growth markets facing the sharpest pressure.

Boston Consulting Group has completed the latest edition of its six-month Jeel Tamooh programme, equipping more than 150 high-potential Saudi students with consulting fundamentals, personalised mentorship and exposure to priority sectors aligned with Vision 2030.

The funding round, led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, will help the platform expand its network of 40,000 creators and deepen its technology stack as influencer-led shopping gains momentum across India.

New sovereign cloud updates let governments and high-security organisations run large AI models, productivity tools, and full infrastructure with zero internet connectivity. Here's why it matters.

The flash storage company is rebranding and making its biggest strategic bet yet — turning raw enterprise data into AI-ready intelligence.

As AI-powered threats industrialise, Anomali is making a high-stakes bet that unified data, long memory, and agentic intelligence can shift enterprise security from firefighting to foresight — starting with the Middle East.

Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has launched a cloud service giving partners access to quantum processors it designed and fabricated in-house, putting the Gulf state in rare company globally.

The enterprise software provider has launched a new index-based pricing framework tying government subscription fees to World Bank income classifications, aiming to make digital infrastructure more accessible and predictable for public-sector organisations globally.

Machine identities now outnumber humans in most enterprises. AI agents operate with unchecked access. And the tools meant to stop attackers were never designed to work together. BeyondTrust's Pathfinder is its answer to a market — and a crisis — that is growing faster than anyone anticipated.

When cybercriminals strike, companies can point to external threats. When your own code quietly leaks customer data for five months, the question of accountability becomes much harder to deflect.

Anthropic's Claude Code Security found over 500 real vulnerabilities that expert humans missed for decades. The market noticed — and punished an entire industry in a single session.

Unveiled at the AI Impact Summit 2026, the exaflop-scale system delivered by G42 and Cerebras will anchor India’s sovereign AI infrastructure while reinforcing growing UAE–India technology cooperation.

The strategic MoU, signed at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2026, aims to improve cross-border payments, compliance readiness and operational efficiency for Sheraa’s network of UAE startups and SMEs.

Khazna Data Centers has unveiled Thuraya, a structured graduate development programme designed to prepare early-career engineers for mission-critical roles, reinforcing the UAE’s long-term ambition to build sovereign AI infrastructure capability.

Cyberattacks are unfolding at machine speed, with data exfiltration occurring in as little as 72 minutes, according to Palo Alto Networks’ latest Unit 42 report. The findings show how AI-driven automation, identity vulnerabilities and fragmented enterprise systems are compressing the breach lifecycle and raising pressure on security teams.

Stake has raised $31 million in an oversubscribed Series B led by Emirates NBD, as the Dubai-based fintech scales its regulated cross-border real estate investment platform. The funding brings total capital raised to $58 million and supports expansion across Saudi Arabia and international markets.

Saudi-based cybersecurity startup Solidrange has secured $2.4 million in seed funding led by Sharaka Capital, as demand rises for locally built governance, risk and compliance solutions aligned with Vision 2030. The company plans to scale its AI-powered GRC automation and cybersecurity awareness platforms across the Kingdom and the wider GCC.

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has successfully launched the UAE’s first domestically developed hybrid rocket, reaching 3km altitude and validating a fully homegrown propulsion system. The milestone marks a significant step toward sovereign launch capability and indigenous aerospace engineering.

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence has secured $1 million from Google.org to address one of AI’s structural blind spots: the underrepresentation of Arabic dialects and low-resource languages in large language models. The initiative, led by Professor Thamar Solorio, aims to build more inclusive, computationally efficient AI systems tailored to the sociolinguistic realities of the MENA region.