Abdul Waheed
Senior Cybersecurity Officer
Al Rajhi bank
Abdul Waheed is a Senior AI & Cybersecurity Executive , currently serving with Al Rajhi Bank Riyadh Headquarters.He is a recipient of the Global CISO &CIO Top 200 Award and was named Cyber Innovation and Digital Transformation Leader of the Year 2026 at a 5th MENA regional conference. He holds Fulbright Scholar award from US State Department, recipient of the NSA-CAE Cyber Defense Award, and holds MS Cybersecurity from New York Uuniversity with a focus on national security, AI and emerging technologies. He's Security Researcher, Voting Member of Patents, IEEE reviewer and proposed the Famous DMAP framework to counter deepfakes which was published in Top ACM Journal. Abdul was honored Listee in a Marquis Who's Who in America 2024 and holds Saudi Premium Residency under Special Talent Category also. He is a recognized voice in AI security and governance, secure Digital Transformation and spoken as Keynote Speaker at CyberNow, GITEX, Global AI show, GDX Summit and many international conferences.