Webinar

The Protection of Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber Terrorism: A Wake-up Call

The Protection of Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber Terrorism: A Wake-up Call
IMG - The Protection of Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber Terrorism: A Wake-up Call
About this Event

  • Analysis of digital transformation history and the actions governments and organizations took to protect their critical infrastructures
  • Review current the threat landscape and attack actors
  • UAE's experience in securing smart infrastructures


Speaker
Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security

UAE Government

Dr. Al Kuwaiti has appointed into the Cabinet as the Head of the Cyber Security for the UAE Government since 2020. As the Head of the Cyber Security, his mandate includes being the Chairman of the UAE Cyber Security Council as well as Managing Director of the National Data Centre under the Supreme Council for National Security. As the Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government by investiture, Dr. Al Kuwaiti has legal authority over all aspects pertaining securing the cyberspace for the entire Nation. In his current role, Dr. Al Kuwaiti is tasked with the responsibility of charting a cyber security strategy for the Nation that not only ensuring that the UAE will be entering into the digital era with fully capable of dealing with the new threat landscape brought about by the pandemic, but also to ensure UAE’s leadership in cyber security globally towards establishing the UAE as the world’s leading trusted digital hub supporting the Nation’s digital transformation agenda and the digital future of all residents who made UAE their home.

Date
Tuesday - September 27, 2022
Time
4:30 PM (KSA Time GMT+3)
Organized by:
Information & Computer Science Department - KFUPM