Cybersecurity to come under spotlight at joint UK/Kuwait event

A joint UK and Kuwait cybersecurity event is to be held in Kuwait.

Thefirst UK/Kuwait Cyber Security Education and Research Conference, CERC2019, will be held at the Kuwait College of Science and Technology on November 11 and 12.

CERC2019 supports the Kuwait-UK Memorandum of Understanding on cybersecurity signed in 2018, which points to engagement in both education and research.

Speakers include: Dr Safaa Zaman, of Kuwait University, who will talk about ‘The Effects of Human Factor Dynamics in Cyber Security in Kuwait’; Dr Jassim Aljuraidan, of Kuwait University, who will talk on ‘Reputation Systems and the Economics of Outsourcing’

There will also be a panel discussion on integrating cybersecurity in Kuwait academic/research programmes. Panellists include: Dr Ammar AlHusaini (CAIT); Dr Hussain Almohri; Eng Mohammad AlSanousi (PAAET); Dr Pradeep; Prof. Muttukrishnan Rajarajan and Prof Khalid Al-Begain.

Organisations represented by speakers include University of Birmingham, University of Kent, University of South Wales, Cardiff University, De Montford University and Oxford Brookes University.

To register for the event visit here.