Thursday 31 / October / 2024
Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, represented by Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (OCERT), in cooperation with the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS) in Muscat, launched Hadatha Centre for Cybersecurity Industry. The centre was launched as part of the activities of the Regional Cybersecurity Week.
The centre was launched in a ceremony held under the patronage of Halima Rashid Al Zari, Chairperson of the Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (ASMED).
The “Hadatha Centre” aims to enhance the outputs of the National Programme for Cybersecurity Industry, through knowledge management, ideas, research, and design of cybersecurity products and services through simulation, modelling, and testing.
The centre also seeks to achieve compatibility with the Cybersecurity Industry Programme in the Sultanate of Oman, and to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in cybersecurity and modern technologies, in order to achieve the objectives of the main themes of the Cybersecurity Industry Program in the Sultanate of Oman. The centre also aims to function as a focal point between government agencies, the private sector, and academic institutions.
The launching ceremony was attended by Dr. Ali Amer Al Shidani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology for Communications and Information Technology and Vice Chancellor of the University of Technology and Applies Sciences (UTAS).
