Overview

• UAE cybersecurity chief reported 200,000 attacks per day, with single incidents topping $4.8 million and a 2025 global bill of about $10.5 trillion.
• Targeting of critical infrastructure is projected to climb by more than 37% year on year.
• Officials outlined a five‑pillar National Cybersecurity Strategy covering governance, innovation, protection and defence, policy and compliance, and partnership.
• Measures highlighted include ETHRETS early‑warning, development of agentic AI orchestrators, and enforcement of AI, IoT and cloud security policies, with IAM failures and cloud misconfigurations flagged as key gaps.
• Police framed cybersecurity as a shared responsibility, warned of corporate underinvestment, and directed residents to Dubai Police’s AI‑equipped ecrimehub.gov.ae to report incidents or verify suspicious messages.