NCSA concludes workshop on regulations of cybersecurity – The Peninsula

NCSA concludes workshop on regulations of cybersecurity – The Peninsula

Doha: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), represented by the National Cyber Excellence Department, in cooperation with the Centre of Legal and Judicial Studies at the Ministry of Justice, concluded on Wednesday a five-day workshop entitled “Legal Regulation of Cybersecurity,” with the participation of a number of lawyers working in state ministries, bodies, and institutions.

In this context, Dalal Al Aqidi, head of the National Cyber Excellence Department of NCSA, said that the agency does not spare any effort in cooperating with institutions and ministries in the state, to exchange experiences and spread and strengthen the culture of cybersecurity and digital safety among all segments of society.

She explained that the workshop focused on several axes, the most important of which are the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar to strengthen cybersecurity, as well as cooperation with its counterparts around the world to create open and secure cyberspace, in addition to the legal emergence of cybersecurity in the state of Qatar, the establishment of NCSA, which is specialised in maintaining and regulating cybersecurity, and the role of the agency and its competencies aimed at promoting the vital interests of the state and protecting it in the face of cyberspace threats.

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