IMD: Saudi Arabia ranks second globally in cybersecurity index

IMD: Saudi Arabia ranks second globally in cybersecurity index

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia ranked second globally in the cybersecurity index within the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) for 2022 published by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), which is considered one of the most comprehensive reports in the world that seeks to analyze and rank the capabilities of countries to create an empowering and stimulus environment for competitiveness, maintaining and developing it. The National Cybersecurity Authority noted that this achievement is the result of support and empowerment efforts of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince, for the cybersecurity sector, which gave it a strong boost on the way towards global entrepreneurship in light of the Saudi Vision 2030, and a representation of the excellence of the “Saudi model in cybersecurity” at the global level and its continuation of realizing qualitative leaps on international digital indexes, where it is considered a leading role model internationally. The authority noted that the cybersecurity system in Saudi Arabia seeks to enhance the competitiveness of the public sector, seize promising opportunities and keep pace with renewable changes at a manner that reflects the national ambitions in this field, pointing out that the prestigious global status in the cybersecurity