UAE Cyber Activity Tracker

E& UAE has launched Rannah, a secure communications service developed in collaboration with the Cyber Security Council (CSC). Built for government entities, enterprises, and mid-to-large organizations, the solution provides a locally developed, secure collaboration platform engineered to support long-term digital strategies.

For governments and enterprises, it now sits at the centre of cybersecurity, operational resilience and public trust. Global, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UAE Sovereignty is a security control, not a slogan, says Data Dynamics CEO Sandhya D'Mello 4 days ago September 24, 2026 Piyush M, CEO of Data Dynamics, explains.

Uraz Farukh, Senior Vice President, META at Seclore, discusses how the company’s ARMOR platform helps enterprises protect sensitive information, meet data sovereignty requirements and scale AI securely GISEC Global 2026 brought data sovereignty, AI security and persistent information protection into sharper. Global, Home-Slide, Interviews, Middle East, Security, UAE, Vendor Seclore advances data-centric security across Middle East.

DESC and Microsoft have built a live Zero Trust assurance dashboard for Dubai Government entities. It turns existing security signals into evidence against Dubai's Information Security Regulation, but its scope is government cybersecurity, not public surveillance.

Abu Dhabi: Two experts in corporate work and law have warned of the spread of the ‘shadow AI’ phenomenon in the workplace, as employees are no longer content with bringing their personal devices to the offices, but are now bringing their own. They emphasised that while this new digital trend saves employees long working hours and speeds up the pace of achievement, it presents institutions with a real security dilemma known as ‘shadow.

On the opening day of the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, representatives from 119 countries, including more than 40 ministers of justice, gathered in Abu Dhabi and agreed by acclamation on a global roadmap for fighting crime. The congress continues until October 1, with sessions covering AI-enabled crime, anti-corruption, wildlife trafficking and cybersecurity.

MASNA Ventures has applied to raise its fund ceiling from $100 million to $150 million as Saudi defence-tech investment shifts toward autonomous and maritime systems.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new Middle East technology framework, focusing initially on the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly where artificial intelligence has been a major topic of conversation. The company, he said, would introduce "a network of dedicated Microsoft cyber-security champions" in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, who would "help governments translate these.

Some partnerships are about solving a business problem. Others are about addressing a national challenge.

Dubai’s airports handled a huge volume of travellers and baggage in 2025, with Dubai Police securing the journeys of 95.2 million passengers and more than 86.75 million pieces of baggage as it expands the use of artificial intelligence and smart technologies across. Dubai Police said more than 86.75 million pieces of baggage were secured during 2025 through a system combining established security procedures with modern technologies.

The $1-billion initiative, led by UAE-based space investor Marlan Space and space systems company Loft Orbital, aims to build what the companies describe as the world’s largest AI infrastructure in space. Read the full story on Military AI: UAE, France Back $1B Push to Build ‘World’s Largest’ Space AI Infrastructure.

The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project, one of the biggest outside the US, after the Iran war prompted a rethink of how and where critical infrastructure should be built, six people. Originally envisaged as a 10-square-mile (26-square-kilometer) campus in Abu Dhabi, the project will now likely comprise a network of data centers spread across the UAE, according to four of the sources.