Dubai Municipality is training its staff in 300-plus controls and AI guardrails

Last updated: October 27, 2026 | 13:10

Dubai Municipality officials at the DM Cyber Week 2026 event

Dubai: Social engineering is the most common way attackers try to hurt people, and Dubai Municipality is training its staff to spot it and report it.

Engineer Nasser Hassan, Manager of the Corporate Security Office at the municipality, shared some of the common threats the authority faces at the Dubai Municipality cyber security awareness event. He said phishing emails lead the list and is followed by malicious phone calls and video calls to vulnerable members of the public.

Detection is only half the job, Hassan notes. He emphasizes on how employees must know how to detect and report an attempt properly. The awareness push extends beyond staff to the wider community as well.

Engineer Nasser Hassan, Manager of the Corporate Security Office at Dubai Municipality supplied

Hassan describes Dubai’s approach as pragmatic.…