Fatimah Alakeel

Executive Leader, Cybersecurity and AI

Dr. Fatimah Alakeel is an executive leader in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence with more than fifteen years of experience. She is an assistant professor at King Saud University and vice head of its training centre, and she founded and leads CIAG, a non profit organisation building cybersecurity capacity and championing women in cyber and AI. She previously advised Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority, contributing to the Kingdom's National Cybersecurity Strategy and leading national and G20 awareness initiatives, and has collaborated with the International Telecommunication Union and the UK Ministry of Defence. She holds a patent for securing internet of things devices using digital twins and AI, earned her PhD from the University of Southampton and her master's from DePaul University.