Report by KnowBe4
From Agentic Risk to Human Wins Report (United Arab Emirates & Saudi Arabia)
Key Findings
Across the UAE & KSA, 52% of cybersecurity decision- makers report that the unsanctioned use of external software and rogue AI applications has directly degraded or actively compromised their security posture over the past 12 months.
44% of the UAE & KSA employees confess that intense time constraints, cognitive overload, and everyday workplace distractions directly drive them to cut corners and make critical security errors, even when they are fully aware of safe protocols.
41% of local workers in the UAE & KSA admit that if official corporate AI tools are restricted or too slow, they will actively source their own unapproved agentic AI tools to bypass administrative blocks.
24% of leaders at organisation across the UAE & KSA admit that AI usage within their perimeter is entirely unapproved or lacks formal corporate governance.