College of Computing and Informatics

College of Computing and Informatics

College of Computing and Informatics

Crowning 5 Saudi universities in digital security competitions

08-10-2019

The results of the competition between universities in the Digital Security Academy, during the period from January to September 2019, resulted in the culmination of five Saudi universities.

This was reported, according to the third report of "Managed Information Security Services" in cooperation with lmmersive Labs.

The course included universities and colleges from: Saudi Arabia, Britain, America, Australia, Singapore, Canada, and Switzerland.

And King Saud University, ranked first in the Kingdom, and forty globally, outperforming ancient universities, the most famous of which is the British "Cardiff".

While the Saudi Electronic University ranked second locally, and fifty-second globally, ahead of Britain's "Manchester".

The third place came locally from the University of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, and globally came No. 61, superior to the University of "Ozuna State" American.

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals recorded a presence in the global list in the sixty-second place, and the local ranked fourth, and finally came in fifth place in the share of King Abdulaziz University, and internationally in the sixty-fifth place.

These numbers are considered honorable for the Kingdom in light of the large number of competition tracks, and given the competing universities' competence in digital security.