Contributors Acknowledgements Maria Basso Digital Technologies Portfolio Manager, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Digital Technologies, World Economic Forum Tal Goldstein Head, Strategy and Policy, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Jill Hoang Initiatives Lead, AI and Digital Technologies, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Digital Technologies, World Economic Forum Cathy Li Head, AI, Data and Metaverse; Member, Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Giulia Moschetta Initiative Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum We extend our thanks to all experts and leaders who contributed to the research: Paige Adams Group Chief Information Security Officer, Zurich Insurance Group Bushra AlBlooshi Senior Consultant, Research and Innovation, Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) Hussain Aldawood Cybersecurity Innovation & Partnerships Director, NEOM Lampis Alevizos Head, Cyber Defense Innovation, Volvo Group Nick Alan Senior Policy Advisor, Government of CanadaHessah Almajhad Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE) Doron Bar Shalom Director, Strategic Product Innovation, Security, Microsoft Alejandro Becerra Digital Security Director, Telefonica HispAm Mauricio Benavides Chief Executive Officer, Metabase Q Sarith Bhavan Head, Cybersecurity and Technology Platform, Mubadala Investment Company Janus Friis Bindslev Chief Digital Risk Officer, PensionDanmark Francesca Bosco Chief of Strategy, CyberPeace Institute Jalal Bouhdada Global Cybersecurity Director, DNV Grant Bourzikas Chief Security Officer, Cloudflare Marijus Briedis Chief Technology Officer, Nord Security Niall Browne Global Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks Ian Buffey Chief Information Security Officer, AtkinsRéalis Group Nicholas Butts Director, Global Cybersecurity and AI/Emerging Tech Policy, Microsoft Lead authors Louise Axon Research Fellow, Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford Joanna Bouckaert Community Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic ForumSadie Creese Professor, Cybersecurity, University of Oxford Akshay Joshi Head, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Jamie Saunders Oxford Martin Fellow, University of Oxford Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Balancing Risks and Rewards 23

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