At GITEX 2025, Dr Emad Fahmy, Director of Sales Engineering at NETSCOUT, discussed how the company is enhancing cyber resilience through AI-driven Adaptive DDoS and Adaptive Threat Analytics (ATA) technologies. With over 13 years at NETSCOUT, Fahmy leads technology strategy for the Middle East, helping organizations stay ahead of a new era of AI-powered cyberattacks that continuously shift tactics, making them harder to detect and mitigate.
Fahmy emphasized the company’s adaptive AI engines, which enable faster detection and mitigation by dynamically analyzing attack vectors in real time. NETSCOUT’s AI platform integrates machine learning into DDoS defense, allowing systems to automatically adjust their protection mechanisms as threats evolve. He also highlighted the company’s Atlas Network, which monitors nearly 50% of global internet traffic through 550+ service providers—providing unmatched visibility into threat trends.
NETSCOUT’s threat intelligence reports have revealed an alarming rise in global and regional attacks—over 8 million globally in six months, including 3.2 million in EMEA. Saudi Arabia alone faced 270,000 attacks, including a massive 570 Gbps incident. Fahmy warned that the increasing use of AI by attackers—and soon autonomous “robotic” threat actors—will redefine the cybersecurity landscape.
His message to CIOs: “No one can do it alone.” Fahmy urged stronger collaboration between vendors, customers, and sectors to build collective defenses against evolving cyber threats.