Applied research study · 2026 · Registered in the UAE
Unified Cognitive Security Maturity Model
An applied research study for the AI-powered post-digital enterprise
About this edition
Artificial intelligence is turning organisations into post-digital enterprises, where intelligent systems decide and act inside core processes — and open a class of risk that frameworks built for conventional infrastructure do not address.
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This study develops and empirically examines the model: a structured survey of 212 technology, security and business leaders analysed with CFA and SEM, alongside interviews with senior security experts. All five hypotheses are supported. Cognitive security capability is the strongest driver of enterprise resilience, and governance strengthens it.
4Dimensions
5Maturity levels
20Assessment items
212Respondents
Details
- Author: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Fawzi Elgendi
- Published: January 2026
- Languages: English · Arabic
- In the series: The yardstick · 2 of 7
- Registration: UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism · certificate 3414-2026
- Licence: Waqf · Terms of use
Tools from this paper
The cognitive security series
The reading order
- 1The working manualCognitive XOps
- 2The yardstickUnified Cognitive Security Maturity Model
- 3The mind under loadThe Cognitive Firewall
- 4What people already doVibe Orchestration
- 5The ground it stands onThe Cognitive SASE Architecture
- 6How the new thing gets madeInnovaForge
- 7Holding under pressureResilience Engineering
