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5G Security Assurance is Key to Saudi Arabia’s Economic Acceleration

As Saudi Arabia continues to advance its 5G infrastructure,
Huawei’s Chief Security Officer in the US recently joined the Saudi
Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones (SAFCSP)
in a webinar discussion about how 5G and Cybersecurity
assurance can help harness the value of digital transformation
in the Kingdom. The webinar was part of the going Cyber Nights
knowledge-sharing program being run by SAFCSP in cooperation
with local and global technology experts. Industries across Saudi
Arabia today — including healthcare, education, and banking —
are already benefiting from the incredible leaps in bandwidth and
network speeds provided by 5G. That connectivity has become
especially valued now as demand for internet access has soared
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and with more people studying
and working remotely. Muteb Alqany, President of SAFCSP, noted:
“Today the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ascending the ranks of
developed countries in terms of its technology infrastructure data collection and analytics, remote collaboration, and resource
and innovation capabilities. 5G connectivity is a significant allocation. The success of 5G applications in the public health
part of that transformation. By working with global experts like sector can also inspire businesses in other sectors to leverage
Huawei, we can ensure that such infrastructure is utilized fully 5G's benefits and explore new applications of the technology,
and securely in the years ahead.” “In today’s digital era, public- according to Purdy. As new services emerge, Purdy recognized
private collaboration is essential in prioritizing the roll-out of 5G that security demands can vary significantly across industries,
and to bring the greatest benefits to residents of the Kingdom. and bespoke requirements are needed. A cooperative approach
Such collaboration is particularly important in addressing the to Cybersecurity risk mitigation in which governments, telecom
larger global challenges that exist around Cybersecurity. By service providers, and technology vendors collaborate on
providing strong guidelines and assurances to the public, there industry guidelines is now required—protecting consumers while
is an even greater opportunity to promote innovation across harnessing the economic potential of digital transformation.
Saudi industries and the society at large,” said Andy Purdy, Huawei has long committed to helping partners in Saudi Arabia
Huawei’s Chief Security Officer in the US. Purdy also referenced to address Cybersecurity challenges while building cutting-
how COVID-19 has demonstrated the concrete benefits that can edge networks. Huawei has been a partner of choice for telecom
flow to citizens and organizations from 5G services, particularly carriers globally for 5G network development, helping to launch
in healthcare. Healthcare systems with access to 5G connectivity 5G commercial networks in the Kingdom in 2019 through a broad
have benefited from improved response times, patient monitoring, range of end-to-end solutions.

Bangladesh Online ICT Training Campaign Targets Self-Employment for 70

Percent Youth

A total of 185,000 students have registered of the youth. A total of 185,000 students Sunday. He said IT freelancers will play a
for the ICT Division’s Learning and Earning have registered for the ICT Division’s vital role in the post-coronavirus pandemic
campaign. The government has arranged Learning and Earning campaign. The economy and Bangladesh can be a part
training facilities at union level for about government has arranged training facilities of it. The government has tasked 39 IT
40,000 students considering all of the at union level for about 40,000 students institutions with conducting three courses
youth cannot ACCESS the internet and considering all of the youth cannot ACCESS on web, graphics designing and digital
computers. The government has launched the internet and computers. State Minister marketing under the program.
an ambitious online ICT training campaign for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated
targeting self-employment for 70 percent the campaign via video conferencing on

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