To outpace the impact of current and evolving threats facing the nation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recognized the need to establish a robust national cybersecurity program. The Kingdom’s economic transformation, digitalization and modernization, and emergence as a G20 country has created an acute need to reduce risks, while finding novel and innovative ways to accelerate diverse forms of economic growth. These needs, coupled with rapid evolution in the sophistication and capability of cyber threat actors, highlight the great urgency in further development of the Kingdom’s cybersecurity capability.
The Kingdom’s unique global role means we must harness and protect our cyberspace. Serving the holiest sites of Islam, ensuring global energy flows, creating a destination for foreign investment, and contributing to overall global resilience and security depends on a resilient, secure, and trusted cyberspace.
The Kingdom has taken important and positive steps to strengthen cybersecurity for more than a decade. The National Cybersecurity Program reemphasizes and deepens the Kingdom’s commitment to a secure, prosperous, and vibrant digital Saudi Arabia.
This program – rooted in global best practices but custom-built for the Kingdom’s unique needs – aims to reduce the Kingdom’s cybersecurity risk and enable economic growth. Fundamentally, the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) fortifies the Kingdom’s cybersecurity by protecting its vital interests, critical infrastructure, industry sectors, and government activities, and enabling public awareness.

https://nca.gov.sa

• Saudi Arabia

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• People with disabilities
• The unemployed
• • National CNI’s • Private sector • National society (all groups) • International community • Student • Government employees / Governmental entities’ employees

The program is renewed annually to include more trainees and scholarships, and Saudi Arabia is willing to share its experience and help others.

Advancements in information technology are rapid and wide-ranging; therefore
the strategy aims for sustainable development and capacity-building in the ICT
industry, along with developing advanced capability maturity in essential ICT and
cybersecurity domains. To support these objectives, the NCA is establishing a
Cybersecurity Academy, which is a long-term and sustainable intuitive.

The National Cybersecurity Program promotes confidence and security in the use of ICTs along with advancements in digitalization and distributive technologies. The program also advocates for building a safe and trusted community with a special focus on public awareness and child online protection.