Regulation, Skills, Shocks and Resilience
In this International Security Journal feature, SSR Personnel’s Peter French MBE and Andrew Hudson explore how artificial intelligence, workforce transformation and climate-related risks are reshaping the security landscape across the Middle East.
The article examines the rapid growth of AI adoption across the GCC, the challenges of uneven regulation, and the urgent need for organisations to shift from traditional security models toward resilience. With cybersecurity costs rising and digital transformation accelerating, security leaders must integrate predictive intelligence, regulatory frameworks and workforce development to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Key insights include the importance of AI governance, the growing skills gap in security leadership, and how resilience-driven strategies are becoming critical to long-term operational success in an increasingly complex and volatile environment.
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"Robotics funding is making sure that there is a stable human-machine work ecosystem to drive revenue in advanced robotics countries."
"The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region has been embracing AI and its subsets,including GenAI, capable of generating text, images or other media, using generative models. Like with any emerging technologies, though there are concerns, governments and businesses in the region are recognising the potential for good and are investing in their development and implementation"...
