Author: Editorial team
Rapid adoption of AI, cloud platforms and other emerging technologies is helping organisations innovate, but inadequate planning and security controls can create serious protection gaps. Effective cybersecurity requires more than deploying new tools. Leadership must embed security across business operations while enabling teams to work efficiently. Moses Frost, Senior Instructor at SANS Institute, discusses the importance of executive-led security culture, simplifying cybersecurity for business leaders and prioritising vulnerabilities according to their exploitability. He also explains how organisations can combine AI and cloud technologies to develop resilient security policies without restricting innovation. Why do organisations continue to repeat familiar cybersecurity mistakes,…
Dubai Police wins gold at MENA MIKE 2026 for its integrated project management approach, aligning strategy with measurable results through governance, data-driven decision making and knowledge-enabled value delivery DUBAI: Dubai Police has won the gold award at MENA MIKE 2026, part of the Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise Awards for the Middle East and North Africa, recognising its integrated approach to project management and its ability to translate strategic plans and objectives into measurable institutional results. The award was presented in the PMO & Knowledge-Enabled Value Delivery category, recognising Dubai Police’s excellence in aligning projects with strategic priorities and transforming plans…
Dubai has never been shy about making a grand entrance. In a city where architecture reaches for the clouds and dinner can come with fire, fog, music and an aesthetic straight out of Instagram, extravagance has long been part of the experience. But as quiet luxury — the fashion and lifestyle shorthand for craftsmanship and restraint over logos and overt display of status — made its way into the mainstream in 2023, it began to shape how consumers evaluate luxury beyond their wardrobes. Fuelled by the held-back wealth codes of Succession, TikTok’s “old money” aesthetic and a renewed appetite for…
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed shares Instagram tribute and prayer for late Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, posted on his official Instagram account a picture of the late Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and accompanied it with a prayer in which he said: “O God, make his grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise.” Source: Emirates 24|7
Across the Gulf, women looking to start businesses have more institutional support than ever. The UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism has expanded programmes and resources for female entrepreneurs, coinciding with more women entering the business space. As of March 2026, 48,257 Emirati women are reported to be entrepreneurs, and women own or co-own more than 114,000 small and medium-sized enterprises across the UAE. Separately, the Abu Dhabi Registration Authority announced that it issued 3,058 new economic licences to female entrepreneurs in the first half of 2026, up 6.4 per cent from 2,873 licenses issued during the same period in…
A medical mission deep in the Amazon rainforest takes a terrifying turn in Beware Boiuna, an upcoming creature horror film that puts its characters face to face with a gigantic ancient snake.The film follows a team of doctors travelling through the Brazilian rainforest on a humanitarian mission when they cross paths with the creature, turning their journey into a fight for survival.Directed by Mike P. Nelson, Beware Boiuna stars Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe and Logan Marshall-Green.The trailer gives audiences a first look at the scale of the creature at the centre of the story, with the group finding themselves isolated in the rainforest…
The UAE is set to host its first international professional sumo competition this weekend, bringing elite wrestlers from Japan, Mongolia, and Egypt to Abu Dhabi for a 36-bout showdown.The All-Star Sumo Competition will take place at Space42 Arena on Saturday, September 26, marking the first time international professional sumo will be held in the UAE.Nine wrestlers will compete in the one-day event, with competitors ranging from 140kg to 250kg and several bringing hundreds of professional bouts of experience to the ring. The event, hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, has already sold out ahead of…
Abu Dhabi court orders man to repay $20,000 to woman misled by fake Instagram investment ad, plus AED 10,000 compensation for material and moral damages The Abu Dhabi Court for Family, Civil and Administrative Claims has ruled that a man must return $20,000, or its equivalent in UAE dirhams, to a woman after it was proven that he had taken her money by convincing her, through a fake advertisement on Instagram, to invest in electronic trading. The court also ordered him to pay AED 10,000 in compensation for the material and moral damages she suffered. In the case, a woman…
DUBAI, 25th September, 2026 (WAM) — The Ministry of Finance today convened its Customer Council in Dubai under Phase Three of the Zero Government Bureaucracy Programme, as part of its ongoing efforts to re-engineer operations and procedures and enhance the efficiency of the financial ecosystem. The Council was attended by Fatima Yousif Al Naqbi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for the Support Services Sector, with broad participation from strategic partners and customers. The Council provided a collaborative platform for translating national objectives into practical workstreams and tangible outcomes, placing customers at the heart of service development in the programme’s new phase. Participants…
AI is rapidly reshaping both cyber threats and defence strategies; enterprises are under growing pressure to secure data, identities and emerging AI environments. QBS Software is highlighting technologies designed to address evolving cybersecurity requirements while strengthening its vendor and partner ecosystem across META and Eurasia at GISEC Global 2026. In an interview with Tahawultech.com, Mo Mobasseri, CEO of QBS Software META & Eurasia, discusses QBS Software’s cybersecurity strategy, emerging AI-related risks, its expanding technology portfolio, and the importance of education, simulation, and partner-led implementation in building long-term cyber resilience. How would you describe the sentiment on the first day of…