UAE@51: Watch Emirati inventor who leads Dubai’s cybersecurity strategy

UAE@51: Watch Emirati inventor who leads Dubai’s cybersecurity strategy

Dubai: “Time invariably runs out for me,” says Dr Bushra AlBlooshi, as she straddles between her demanding roles as a mother of six and head of research and innovation at Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC). The centre operates under Digital Dubai Authority (DDA) which has been tasked to digitise life in Dubai. But who would know better than Dr Bushra on how goals can be met. “As long as we set our daily and long-term objectives and diligently act towards them, we can achieve anything,” she says. Little wonder then that the 1982-born Emirati, who leads Dubai’s cybersecurity strategy, its R&D agenda and policies, is the only Arab representative on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity since 2020, while also having the rare privilege of being a peer reviewer at the World Bank Cloud Computing Group upon invitation. What’s more, the doctorate holder is the inventor of two patents in memory management and cloud computing, with dreams of seeing her “Made in UAE” devices being gainfully employed in the country and overseas soon. Dr Bushra, who is very modest for all her achievements, attributes her success to the UAE’s leadership. Her role model is His Highness Mohammed