Building Abilities in Cybersecurity

The Information Technology Department, through its IT Society organized an Arabic training program entitled, “Building the Abilities in Cybersecurity” in 28th October, 8th, 15th, 22nd November 2022 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM. The program was delivered by Ms Amal Almuqrashi, IT lecturer at UTAS-Ibri.

As the world continues its digital transformation, the reliance on technology to do business is increasing in both the public and private sectors. In today's information age, organizations use technology to increase productivity, reduce internal and external operating costs, enhance data security, and expand business capabilities. Individuals have also become very dependent on technology in their daily lives, and almost everything people do involve technology in one way or another. The rapid shift to the digital age has been accompanied in an increasing cybercrime. Cybercrime damages will reach more than $6 trillion annually by the end of 2022. Therefore, the aim of the program is to increase the technical security awareness among the attendees to undertake better secured environment in the society, and conceivably become successful career cybersecurity specialist.

The training program provided the participants with the necessary knowledge in four main topics which is considered as a basis to enter the field of cybersecurity and ethical hacking. The program has four separate sessions each highlighted a specific topic and practices, including: Introduction to Cybersecurity, Introduction to Linux, Networking World, and How to secure Home Wi-Fi? and Social Media Cyber Defense.

The program concluded with a question and answer, followed by participants’ feedback. The participants gave the speaker a rating of 4.86 on a scale of 1-5 where 5 being the highest. This indicates that the participants were satisfied on the delivery of the training program. Below are the deliverables of the said 4-day training program: