The award recognises TeKnowledge at a leading cybersecurity event focused on building cyber resilience for Qatar’s AI-powered digital economy.
TeKnowledge has been recognised with the Cybersecurity Innovation & Transformation Award at Cyber First Qatar 2026, celebrating the company’s commitment to helping organisations strengthen cyber resilience as they navigate an increasingly AI-powered digital landscape.
Held in Doha, Cyber First Qatar brought together senior cybersecurity leaders, government decision-makers, critical infrastructure operators and technology innovators to explore how Qatar can continue building a secure and resilient digital economy. The 2026 edition focused on “Building Cyber Resilience for Qatar’s AI-Powered Digital Economy,” with discussions spanning AI security, critical infrastructure, data protection, digital trust and cyber risk.
The recognition reflects an increasingly important reality as organisations accelerate AI adoption: innovation and security cannot progress separately. At TeKnowledge, cybersecurity is integral to making AI real, providing the foundation of trust and resilience organisations need to move from AI ambition to sustainable business value.
The award also comes at an important moment for Qatar. Cyber First Qatar is aligned with Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Qatar National Cyber Security Strategy 2024–2030, with cyber resilience positioned as a key enabler of the country’s continued digital transformation.
TeKnowledge also contributed to the event’s discussions, with Eric Schifflers (“Group CISO & Head of GRC, TeKnowledge”) taking the stage for “AI-pocalypse: Myth or Reality?”. The session explored the evolving relationship between AI and cybersecurity and what organisations need to consider as AI becomes increasingly embedded across operations and economies.
Eric Schifflers, who accepted the Cybersecurity Innovation & Transformation Award on behalf of TeKnowledge, said:
“This recognition reinforces something we strongly believe at TeKnowledge: organisations cannot realise the full potential of AI without trust and resilience at the foundation. As AI becomes embedded across businesses and economies, cybersecurity has to evolve alongside it. By building security, governance and resilience into transformation from the start, organisations can innovate with confidence, scale responsibly and turn AI ambition into real, measurable outcomes.”
As AI continues to reshape how organisations operate, cyber resilience will not simply protect transformation. It will be one of the conditions that make transformation possible.