The Saudi Crown Prince launches two cyber security initiatives.
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Roshan Amiri
- . February 7, 2020
- . Update: February 18, 2020 7:37 am
Riyadh announced the launch of two initiatives by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, during the opening of the International Forum on Cyber Security.
Prince Faisal bin Bandar, Prince of Riyadh, said during his opening of the forum in Riyadh, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, that Prince Muhammad bin Salman directed the adoption of two initiatives to serve global cyber security, including protecting children from cyber bullying and empowering women In the field of cybersecurity.
He expressed his confidence that the Forum will present to the world the results of the experiences of countries and the summary of their experiences in cybersecurity.
The forum sessions started in Riyadh, with the participation of 140 speakers and more than 1,200 experts representing 63 countries, in the presence of a number of major international companies in the field.
Meanwhile, Director of Cyber Security Enabling Department at the Saudi Telecom Company, Arwa Al-Hamad, revealed that the company “addresses 400 million malicious communication attempts per month, and it reaches about 16 million harmful e-mail messages, and it also addresses more than two thousand attacks aimed at withholding service from The Giant Group. Watch more about Arab News Latest, Arab Politics News.
On the sidelines of the forum, she said that the targeting “comes from both inside and outside.”
