‘Cybersecurity not a barrier to development’: NCSA

‘Cybersecurity not a barrier to development’: NCSA

Abdulrahman Ali al-Malki, president, National Cyber Security Agency

Cybersecurity has never been a barrier to development and artificial intelligence (AI) will offer huge opportunities, even as AI has its own problems, according to a top official of National Cyber Security Agency of Qatar."The cybersecurity or the cyber system was never a challenge or a barrier to development,” Abdulrahman Ali al-Malki, president, National Cyber Security Agency, Monday told Doha Forum 2023,l which concluded Monday.Addressing a panel 'Securing Data in an AI Driven Era', he said when it comes to the AI, it is natural and inevitable, just as it was in the case of development of internet and cloud technologies."We should follow this natural development and to help parties that use AI and work on things that will help them or protect them while using the AI," he said.Highlighting that AI has its own problems, al-Malki said it has certain ethical issues and there was also the risk of misinformation or false information.Stressing that the AI is evolving very quickly, he said "we can agree on framework and the regulations and legislations for those who use AI to get the best results and finding, while protecting their data.""In the future,