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UAE's top cyber risk: human error, not AI, experts say

96% of UAE executives don't fully understand their AI dependencies across the web of vendors, models and infrastructure, while 74% struggle with data residency and sovereignty requirements when moving data across borders, according to a recent IBM study in the UAE. ”Not knowing where your data livesAs GISEC Global 2026 ends, security leaders across the region are converging on the same uncomfortable truth: most breaches today don't.

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“That is why I would look at risk based on potential impact rather than simply the number of attacks a sector receives.

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“As organizations moved rapidly to the cloud, many prioritized speed and scale, assuming security controls could be layered on later”, according to Rajeev Nair, Senior Vice President at Special Projects, “At Core42, we see this reflected in growing demand for regulatory requirements to be translated into technical controls that can be continuously monitored and audited.

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