Saudi Arabia on Sunday, November 28, sees the launch of the three-day @Hack cybersecurity event, which official sources have said is the largest in the region.
It will be held at Riyadh Front, one of the entertainment zones for Riyadh Season 2021, said the sources.
It is considered the biggest cybersecurity conference in both Asia and Africa. And registration is free of charge.
The event is expected to be help the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity and Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) achieve the goal of having one programmer out of every 100 Saudis by 2030.
It is also expected to encourage innovation, creativity, and access to global leadership, in order to achieve the digital-economy objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.
In partnership with SAFCSP and Informa Tech, with Black Hat as well as the STC, the event apparently aims to raise awareness of cybersecurity risks, address them and share the latest developments in this field
More than 200 speakers and trainers, are expected to attend, with 200 leading and emerging companies from around the world offering their solutions and products in the field of cybersecurity.
The @Hack event includes the Executive Summit section dedicated to the elite of cybersecurity experts to discuss the latest developments in the field.
It also features 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.
There is also the business hall, which presents the most prominent services and products of information technology.
The event also will also see a Cybersecurity Challenges section, which offers a set of prizes amounting to SAR1 million (around $267,000).
There are expected to be two challenges, the first being the Catch the Flag challenge with a competition among the top 1,000 participants.
The other is the loophole rewards platform that lasts for eight hours. Winners will reportedly be announced on the last day of the event.