The CEO of NEOM, Eng. Nazmi Al-Nasr, confirmed that more than 30,000 employees in NEOM are subject to a strict information and data security strategy, based on the paramount importance of cybersecurity.  During his participation in a session entitled "Securing Infrastructure and Vitality" within the sessions of the Global Cybersecurity Forum, organized by Saudi Arabia’s National Cybersecurity Authority, Al-Nasr spoke about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cybersecurity and the dangerous threats to information systems facing societies.

He noted the aspiration of the NEOM community to be a safe society against all cyber attacks, and its quest to attract everything that contributes to the protection of information security, and to build a comprehensive and advanced structural system that keeps pace with the aspirations of the city of NEOM and its reliance on artificial intelligence.

Al-Nasr stressed the importance of the international community standing firmly against all cyber attacks and work to develop information systems on an ongoing basis, noting the infrastructure of the Kingdom, which has made great progress in the field of cybersecurity.

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