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The AI Governance Walkthrough for UAE and KSA Teams

جلسة مباشرة حول حوكمة الذكاء الاصطناعي لفرق الإمارات والسعودية

One data breach now costs Middle East organisations SAR 27 million on average. Where shadow AI is widespread, breaches cost USD 670,000 more, yet 24% of UAE and KSA firms still run AI that nobody has approved.1,2,3

Join a live session with the AI Guardian product team to see where AI risk and spend leak, and how to close the gaps before auditors or attackers find them.

DateNovember 18, 2026
Time11:30 AM GST / 10:30 AM KSA
Duration60 minutes

Live online session in English, with Q&A for UAE and KSA teams.

What you walk away with
  • 1 CPE/CPD credit hourEligible for continuing professional education credit
  • Free compliance checklistGCC Enterprise AI Compliance & Audit Checklist
  • Full session recordingCan't join live? Register and get the recording
Free live session

Register to join live or get the recording

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Data residency

Built around GCC data requirements

مصمم وفق متطلبات البيانات في دول الخليج

Many GCC teams can't send sensitive data outside the country. AI Guardian can be set up to fit those requirements, and we'll show how in the session.

On-prem redaction

Keep sensitive data in-country

Redaction can run on your own infrastructure, so sensitive data is masked before it reaches any AI model.

Platform agnostic

Use the platforms you're approved for

AI Guardian isn't tied to one cloud or AI provider, and can be configured for your compliant platforms.

Agenda

What we'll cover

Join the AI Guardian product team as they break down a practical framework for governing AI across your organisation in 2027.

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01
SHADOW AI

How to find and control AI you never approved

See where staff use unapproved AI tools, what data they share, and how to bring that usage under policy without blanket bans.

02
AI SPEND

How to stop AI costs from leaking

Tie every AI request to a team and budget, set spend limits, and route simple tasks to lower-cost models automatically.

03
UAE AND KSA PDPL

How to answer regulators and auditors in the UAE and KSA

Map AI usage to Saudi PDPL and SDAIA duties, the UAE PDPL, and DIFC and ADGM rules for free-zone teams, covering consent, cross-border transfers and breach notification, with audit trails ready on request.

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LIVE DEMO

How AI Guardian works on a real workflow

Watch policy setup, PII redaction, spend dashboards and audit logs run live, then ask the product team anything, including where your data is stored and processed.

What the data shows

Set AI guardrails once. Then let every team move faster.

USD 1.9Mlower breach costs
80 daysfaster containment

Organisations that used AI and automation extensively across security operations cut breach costs by an average of USD 1.9 million and resolved breaches 80 days sooner. Runtime guardrails apply the same principle to every AI request your teams make.

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025

3.4xmore effective AI governance
20%lower compliance costs

Organisations running a dedicated AI governance platform are 3.4 times more likely to achieve highly effective governance. Gartner also projects governance technologies will reduce regulatory compliance costs by 20%.

Source: Gartner, 2025 survey and February 2026 research

Speakers

Meet the speakers

Dawood Khan Barozai

Dawood Khan Barozai

SpeakerAI Solutions Consultant, Folio3 AI

Dawood works with business and technology leaders to scope AI use cases and turn them into working solutions. He will walk through AI Guardian live and show how governance fits into real workflows.

Maheen Siddiqui

Maheen Siddiqui

HostFolio3 AI

Maheen leads digital campaigns and events for Folio3 AI, including the team's presence at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh. She will guide the session and bring your questions to the speaker.

In the region

Fresh from LEAP 2026 in Riyadh

At LEAP 2026, the Folio3 AI team met technology leaders, partners and businesses from across the region. AI Guardian was at the centre of many of those conversations, from guardrails and visibility to responsible AI adoption. This session picks up where they left off, for UAE and KSA teams.

Folio3 AI at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh
Folio3 AI at LEAP 2026
Folio3 AI interactive session with the AWS team at LEAP 2026
Interactive session with the AWS team
Folio3 AI in conversation with visitors at LEAP 2026
Conversations with visitors on the event floor
AI Guardian in focusDiscussions on guardrails, visibility and control over how teams use AI.
Agentic AI for real workflowsAI agents that automate multi-step processes across day-to-day operations.
Session with AWSCloud infrastructure and scalable AI implementation with the AWS team.

Don't let shadow AI expose gaps in your AI strategy.

Enter 2027 knowing which AI tools to allow, what data to protect, and where every riyal and dirham of AI spend goes.

About us

Meet Folio3

Folio3 is an AI transformation partner that builds custom AI solutions for organisations across the US, UK and GCC. AI Guardian is Folio3's AI governance platform, giving security, finance and business teams one place to control AI risk, cost and compliance. Folio3 also delivers agentic AI, generative AI and computer vision solutions, built for each client rather than sold off the shelf.

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