Riyadh - The “Hack@” event will be launched today, Sunday, Rabi’ Al-Thani 23 1443 AH, corresponding to November 28, 2021 AD, the largest global cybersecurity event in the Middle East region. For the interest of visitors of all ages, as the region connects global investors and manufacturers with those interested from the Kingdom and its visitors from abroad, and brings together the greatest minds, elite professionals and trainers at the global level in this field for the first time in the Kingdom.

This event comes as an important tributary to achieving the goal of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, to have one programmer out of every 100 Saudis by 2030, and to encourage innovation, creativity and access to global leadership, in order to achieve the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in seizing the opportunities of the digital economy.

It will continue until next Tuesday.

The conference is considered the largest cyber security conference in both the continents of Asia and Africa, consolidating the Kingdom’s position in the technical field and enhancing its digital capabilities, as it has become the second country in the world in the field of cyber security, and the first in the Arab world, the Middle East and Asia, according to the Global Cybersecurity Index.

The event, which comes in partnership with the Saudi Federation for Cyber ​​Security, Programming, and Drones, and "Informa Tech" with "Black Hat", and the partner and digital enabler stc, aims to raise awareness of cybersecurity risks, address them, and share the latest developments in this field, in the presence of more than From 200 speakers and trainers, and 200 leading and emerging companies from around the world, who provide their solutions and products in the field of cybersecurity, and registration can be done for free via (the site)..

The sections of the "Hack@" event include the Executive Summit section dedicated to the elite of cybersecurity experts to discuss the latest developments in the field, the technical workshops section in which programmers present the most prominent open source tools and the latest research, studies and developments in the field of cybersecurity, and the business hall that presents the most prominent services and products Information technology, in addition to the Department of Interactive Space in order to build professional relationships and know the latest technical developments in the presence of many recreational activities.

The event sections also contain the Cyber ​​Security Challenges section, which offers a set of prizes amounting to 1,000,000 riyals, which is divided into two challenges: the first is the “Capture the Flag” challenge with a competition between the top 1000 participants, and the challenge of the loophole rewards platform that lasts for eight hours, provided that an announcement is made. Winners on the last day of the event.