Cloudflare to Showcase AI Security and Agentic Infrastructure at LEAP 2026 in Saudi Arabia

Cloudflare will showcase its approach to securing, governing and scaling artificial intelligence workloads at LEAP 2026, scheduled to take place in Riyadh from August 31 to September 3.

The company said its participation will focus on the growing security and infrastructure challenges organisations face as AI moves from experimentation into production. Cloudflare executives will engage with government leaders, enterprises, technology partners and developers on AI adoption and its implications for security, governance and infrastructure across Saudi Arabia and the wider region.

Cloudflare Focuses on Secure AI Deployment

According to Cloudflare, organisations deploying AI need to address security from the beginning while maintaining visibility and control over AI traffic, applications and autonomous agents.

“Saudi Arabia is moving rapidly from experimenting with AI to putting it into production, and that shift changes the infrastructure organisations need,” said Ercan Aydin, Area Vice President for the Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Cloudflare. He highlighted the need for secure AI applications, governed AI traffic and appropriate identities and permissions for AI agents.

At LEAP, Cloudflare plans to demonstrate technologies spanning security, connectivity, developer services and AI capabilities. These include Cloudflare One, Cloudflare Workers, Firewall for AI, AI Gateway, AI Crawl Control and Pay Per Crawl.

The company will also highlight its expanding agentic AI infrastructure, including isolated Sandboxes, Cloudflare Mesh, persistent Agent Memory, AI Search and native OAuth governance. Cloudflare said these capabilities are designed to help organisations build, secure and scale autonomous AI agents.

AI Visibility Emerges as a Security Challenge

Cloudflare said one of the key security gaps for organisations is a lack of visibility into how AI is being used internally and how AI-related traffic is reaching digital properties.

Aydin said organisations may face risks ranging from employees sharing sensitive information with public AI models to increasingly complex automated AI traffic. Cloudflare's approach is aimed at helping organisations identify AI-related activity, prevent data leakage, manage API costs and secure incoming traffic.

The company also highlighted the growing role of autonomous AI agents in enterprise environments. As these systems begin to log in, act and make decisions on behalf of organisations, Cloudflare argues that enterprises need to treat agent identities and permissions with the same seriousness as human identities.

Saudi Arabia Becomes a Key AI Infrastructure Market

Cloudflare's participation at LEAP reflects its focus on the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, as organisations across the region invest in digital infrastructure and AI.

The company said Saudi Arabia's technology ecosystem is evolving rapidly, with Vision 2030 driving digital transformation, cloud adoption and investment in emerging technologies. LEAP has also developed into a major technology platform bringing together technology companies, startups, investors, policymakers and industry leaders in Riyadh.

Cloudflare said the Kingdom is an important market as organisations move AI applications from experimentation toward production deployment.

AI Could Also Accelerate Cyberattacks

Cloudflare also pointed to the security implications of faster AI adoption. The company referenced its H1 2026 DDoS Threat Report, which reported an increase in attacks reaching the terabit-per-second range.

According to Aydin, the speed of cyberattacks could increasingly challenge human security teams, making AI an important part of defensive operations. He said organisations will need to use AI to manage the speed and scale of threats while security professionals focus on strategy, judgement and critical decisions.

Cloudflare to Meet Organisations at LEAP 2026

Cloudflare said its presence at LEAP will focus on discussions with government organisations, large enterprises, technology partners and developers working on Saudi Arabia's digital future.

Visitors can meet Cloudflare's regional team at Booth H3 C50 in Hall 3 to explore the company's approach to securing, building and optimising AI applications while establishing the security, visibility and governance needed to scale AI.