Dubai, UAE– On the day 4 of GITEX GLOBAL 2025, policymakers, cybersecurity leaders, and innovators convened to address the most pressing question of the intelligent age–how to secure a world powered by AI and data.
While cybersecurity and resilience dominated the day’s discourse, the show floor remained a convergence of cutting-edge innovation across AI, cloud, data centers, robotics, and quantum computing, underlining GITEX’s unrivalled breadth and impact.
As digital transformation accelerates, speakers called for a unified global response that firmly plants security, ethics, and trust at the core of AI-driven progress.
The 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL converges more than 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 startups, 1,200 investors, and delegations from over 180 countries at Dubai World Trade Centre.
Cyber Resilience: Building Trust in the Age of Intelligence
Opening the day’s programme, Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, said: “As a platform, nothing really represents the UAE’s vision when it comes to technology, and the UAE’s position as a convener of the world than GITEX.”
He urged governments and enterprises to prioritize AI capacity-building and risk management as key national imperatives, sharing.
“We’re all for proactive regulation, yet proactive regulation needs to be well-informed. We need to have agile policymaking to try to deal with the impact of AI as it evolves and manage it effectively every step of the way.”
In his address titled Cyber Resilience 2030: People, Policy & AI at the Core of National Security, Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the UAE Government, outlined how the nation is advancing an integrated framework that combines governance, AI threat detection, and citizen awareness.
“The main message is to have a strong Cyber Culture across nations and society. Our people, is and will always be our first line of defense,” he said.
Exhibitors Showcase the Future of Secure Digital Transformation
Across the exhibition halls, the momentum continued as cybersecurity leaders demonstrated how innovation and protection now go hand in hand.
Huawei commanded attention with a comprehensive showcase of 80+ solutions themed under ‘All Intelligence,’ which unites five transformative pillars shaping the intelligent economy – Accelerate Industrial Intelligence, Partner Park, Huawei Cloud, Intelligent Data Center, and Intelligent Campus. The company unveiled end-to-end industry solutions designed to accelerate national digital transformation for sovereign and hybrid deployments. With a view to enhancing knowledge exchange, Huawei also unveiled the ICT Skills Development Insights Report 2025 in partnership with UNESCO IITE at GITEX GLOBAL.
Demonstrations of AI-driven network automation, energy-efficient digital power systems, and advanced cybersecurity frameworks reinforced Huawei’s leadership in building the digital foundations of smarter cities, resilient enterprises, and connected societies.
Critical infrastructure cybersecurity leader, OPSWAT presented its MetaDefender Optical Diode ensuring highly secure data transfer between OT/IT and the next-generation MetaDefender Kiosks, including Stand, Tower & Kiosks that offer advanced protection for critical assets.
Fortinet, a global leader in integrated AI-powered security solutions across networks, endpoints, and clouds, showcased its FortiGuard Incident Response & Readiness – a set of services that provide expert-led, intelligence-driven, and fully tailored support combining readiness, response, and continuous improvement under a predictable subscription model.
Crowdstrike presented Falcon platform, their flagship security solution. The cloud-native innovation has yielded a 98 percent reduction in critical vulnerabilities covering endpoint, cloud workloads, identity, data, and applications.
MoUs Strengthen Dubai’s Cyber Infrastructure
On the MoU Stage, Dubai Municipality and Fortinet International signed a strategic agreement to advance the emirate’s AI-enabled cybersecurity infrastructure, supporting the development of secure digital systems and public sector transformation.
