Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi, chairman of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones

Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi, chairman of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones

Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi, chairman of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones

Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi, chairman of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones

Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi

Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi, chairman of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones

Updated 03 January 2021

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Faisal bin Saud Al-Khamisi has been chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) since September 2019.

In November, the Tuwaiq Academy, run under the SAFCSP, was included in Apple's Authorized Training Center for Education (AATCE) program, becoming Apple's first educational training center in the Middle East.

Al-Khamisi said that obtaining the Apple accreditation reflected the global and advanced status of the Kingdom in the technological field.

After completing his school education, Al-Khamisi joined the College of Computer and Information Sciences at King Saud University. However, it did not prove to be the place to match his big dreams as his personal knowledge about computer sciences "was much deeper than what the university books provided at that time,“ he told the "Alliwan“ program on Rotana Khalijia satellite TV channel.

Al-Khamisi discontinued his academic studies and joined one of the few licensed internet service providers in the Kingdom. After working for that small business