Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 16 January 2026. 6clicks, a leading AI-powered governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform, hosts “The 2026 sovereign AI & regulatory assurance forum (GCC)” on February 17, 2026, at Shangri-La Dubai, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The event will gather cybersecurity leaders, risk and compliance professionals, government officials, and regulatory authorities across the Gulf to tackle the shifting regulatory landscape and the growing need for continuous, evidence-based assurance amid rapid digitalization and increasing AI adoption.
With national security and economic objectives such as Saudi Vision 2030, Qatar’s National Cybersecurity Strategy 2024-2030, and the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031 shaping the region’s cyber readiness and resilience, enterprises, critical infrastructure operators, and service providers across sectors must adopt sovereign-by-design governance models that ensure compliance, data residency, and defensible assurance to support secure, scalable innovation. In parallel, global standards and frameworks like ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF, alongside OWASP Top Ten and MITRE ATLAS, continue to define best practices and strengthen safeguards for AI governance and risk management.
The event will cover industry challenges and proven approaches, featuring sessions on meeting evolving security and oversight requirements and bridging the gap between policy and implementation, expert panel discussions on aligning governance with current GCC regulatory models, and a live demonstration of the 6clicks platform operationalizing adaptive compliance in real-world scenarios. Attendees can also look forward to networking with established practitioners and leading organizations, as well as gaining hands-on guidance through an interactive Q&A with 6clicks experts.
As a recognized leader in the AI-GRC space, 6clicks is a trusted authority for the event, having earned the 2024 Gartner Cool Vendor title for its AI engine, Hailey, the first purpose-built AI for GRC, and continuing to pioneer GRC innovation with intelligent workflows that enable organizations to build custom AI agents and deploy them across their technology ecosystems. To support sovereign AI deployment, 6clicks equips organizations with private, public, government, and dedicated cloud hosting, ensuring enterprise-grade security designed for government and defense and other high-availability environments.
“AI is moving faster than regulation, which makes governance more important than ever,” said Ant, CEO of 6clicks and a GRC thought leader. “We believe it is our duty to help organizations move beyond checkbox compliance and build trusted, sovereign AI programs that stand up to real-world scrutiny, especially here in the GCC, where regulatory expectations are rising and governments are setting ambitious national AI agendas.”
Andrew Robinson, Co-Founder at 6clicks, who will also be speaking at the event, adds, “Security has to be built into AI from day one. Sovereign AI governance is what gives organizations the confidence to adopt AI without compromising control, data protection, or regulatory assurance. At this forum, we’ll show exactly what secure, defensible AI governance looks like in practice.”
The forum marks a critical opportunity for organizations to come together, share insights, and shape the future of secure, sovereign AI in the GCC and beyond. Register now.
About 6clicks
6clicks is transforming cyber risk and compliance management with its AI-powered platform, featuring the pioneering Hub & Spoke architecture tailored for federated businesses, advisors, and managed service providers (MSPs). As the first platform to introduce an AI engine specifically designed for GRC, 6clicks delivers a smarter approach to managing cyber risk and compliance. The 6clicks business model is channel-aligned, and SaaS licensing is transparent and straightforward, with unlimited user access and access to frameworks. With sales and support operations presence across APAC, EMEA, and NA, and private cloud hosting options on Microsoft Azure, 6clicks equips cyber leaders and professionals to build resilient, trusted, and scalable cyber risk and compliance programs, disrupting traditional GRC solutions and setting a new standard in the industry.
