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LEADERS' SUMMIT 2023 SAMENA TRENDS

continued innovation are a requirement that we all must strive unleashed, and the digital economy is booming. While increasing
together to achieve. Dialogue continuously being enabled by connectivity and digital innovation – as the foundation for digital
SAMENA Council in the shape of Leaders’ Summit, serves as a transformation – will bring social-economic benefits to the region,
great medium of support to Operators’ objectives.” new cybersecurity challenges will arise. Huawei calls for broad
collaboration between all stakeholders to address the challenges
Huawei’s President of the Middle East & Central Asia, Steven Yi, and safeguard their digital future, as it is a shared responsibility
stated: “We are stepping into the 5.5G era where all things are that cannot be addressed by one person, organization or nation
connected through intelligence, the value of connectivity is being alone.”

"We need to follow certain guiding standards and policies,
in addition to simple measures which we can do in our daily
life in order to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our

important financial transactions, as well as to enhance the
efficiency and quality of services. We hope that everyone
will participate and cooperate in disseminating the culture
of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is critically important and
it depends on telecom companies and telecom regulators,
and even on the ordinary users. Participation can include
simple cybersecurity measures that we use in our daily

life. We understand that cybersecurity cannot be achieved
without the cooperation of everyone."
- HE Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head, Cyber Security Council, UAE

12 MAY-JUNE 2023