Toward Effective Cybersecurity Education in Saudi Arabia

Securing the cyberspace is a challenging task that needs well educated and trained professionals. Developing a workforce that can hold the burden of monitoring and ensure cyberspace security is becoming prominent nowadays. Accordingly, developing effective cybersecurity programs is gaining more focus in academia and industry. This paper examines the current state of various cybersecurity programs in Saudi universities and provides some recommendations.

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