Dragos and UAE Cyber Security Council Establish OT Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence Under Make in Emirates Initiative
Summary: Dragos announced on March 4, 2026 a public-private partnership with the UAE Cyber Security Council to establish an OT Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence in the UAE under the "Make it in Emirates" Forum. The centre will give practitioners an operational technology environment to run real-world attack and defense scenarios and build OT/ICS security skills, supporting the UAE's aim to localize cybersecurity capabilities and grow a cyber workforce.
Why it matters: Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee states that the same threat groups Dragos tracks globally are active against industrial and critical infrastructure in the UAE and the broader Gulf region, and the UAE's Head of Cybersecurity describes an unprecedented surge in attacks on critical infrastructure.
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