Saudi Arabia launches cybersecurity awareness campaign

Riyadh, The Gulf Observer: The National Cybersecurity Authority launched the National Cybersecurity awareness campaign which aims to promote the values of preserving national security and raise awareness of cybersecurity.

The campaign, launched to coincide with cybersecurity Awareness Month, aims to achieve comprehensive cyber integration between national authorities.

The NCA noted that the campaign includes physical and digital events to raise knowledge about cybersecurity, including 12 sessions for national authorities, a mobile exhibition on cybersecurity in four authorities’ headquarters, and a campaign called “La Taftah Majalan” is to be launched.

The campaign offers an introduction to the importance of cybersecurity and its role in mitigating changing online threats, social engineering and catfishing methods, and the importance of security updates.

In addition, the campaign will address the need for using strong passwords to secure social media accounts, along with other topics which aim to develop a high-level cyber education to combat challenges and risks.

The authority noted that it is necessary to keep raising awareness on cybersecurity in order to have a safe, reliable Saudi cyberspace.