Around 22 Arab countries and North African states are set to meet at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the fifth annual Regional Cyber Security Summit to fight cybercrime and promote a safe internet environment.

Starting from October 30, the three-day summit will also host and engage the most promising and emerging global firms across healthcare, energy and utilities, defence and aviation, hospitality, media, government authorities, financial institutions and manufacturing sectors, said a press release.

These participating entities will be provided with unmatched exposure to the regional and global cyber security experts, the press release added.

The summit will extensively focus on future expected threats and measures, also aiming at global collaboration of public, private and academic sectors. It will attract over 300 chief information security officers and senior ICT and cyber security officials from the Mena region to discuss and find strategic directions and plans to tackle emerging threats to the global and regional information security sector.

The event is an annual gathering organised by ITU - Arab Regional Cybersecurity Center (ITU-ARCC). It will be formulated around the key pillars of ITU which includes capacity building, international and regional cooperation, technical and legal measures capabilities and organisational structure.

This year’s summit is co-organised by Oman’s Information Technology Authority through Oman National CERT (OCERT) and business intelligence firm Nispana Innovative Platforms.

The partnership was signed June 21 in Muscat, between Bader Al Salehi, director general of Oman National CERT and the head of ITU-ARCC and Narendra Kumar, managing director of Nispana Innovative Platforms. –TradeArabia News Service