By
Khaled A., on December 14th, 2009
The Saudi MCIT (don’t mind the design) will be hosting a 2 day seminar on PKI (Public key infrastructure). The seminars will be for 2 days starting tomorrow the 15th to the 16th of December 2009. The seminar will be titled “Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges in PKI”.
The following will be speaking at the seminar:
- Dr. Fahad Al Hoymany. Senior Advisor and Head of National Center for Digital Certification (NCDC) , Saudi Arabia.
- Phil D’Angio. Director of Business Development for VeriSign EMEA.
- Dr. Khalid alghonaim. General Manager Alelm company ,Saudi Arabia.
- Eng. Ali alsoma.General Manager E-Government Program “YESSER” Saudi Arabia.
- Ami Azrul bin Abdullah.Chief Technology Officer Digicert Sdn Bhd., Malaysia.
- Youngchul Kang.CEO, National Administration Information System and Security Co, South Korea.
- Sami Ghazali.Chief Executive Officer Certification. National Digital Certification Agency. Tunis.
- Hisham Mohamed Abdel Wahab.Director of electronic signature, ITIDA.Egypt.
- Antti Vihavainen.Business development & professional services manager Valimo, Finland.
- Eng. Abdullah Nasser Alghannam.R&D Deputy Director National Information Centre.
- Eng. Fawaz Al Bassam.PKI administrator Aramco.
- Dr. Tim Moses.Senior Director of the Advanced Security Technology group Entrust. Canada.
- Antonio Colaianni.EMEA Sales Director Corestreet.
- Dr. Sami alhumaidi.Director of ECP Research Program, KACST.Saudi Arabia.
- Eng. Abdullah AlFathel.Head of Architecture & Security Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.
- Eng. Mohammad M. Al-Mandeel.Assistant Secretary General for IT – CIO Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC).
- Olivier Ruff.PKI & SCM Consultant OPENTRUST.
- Dr. Sundeep Oberoi. Global Head of the Niche Technology Delivery Group (NTDG) in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
- Dr. Dhaifallah Al Zahrani. Deputy Governor for Legal Affairs Communications and Information Technology Commission(CITC).
- Ronny Bjones. Security Architect/ EMEA EPG Security lead Microsoft Corporation.
Registration and more info can be found here.
By
Khaled A., on June 14th, 2009
CodeBetter is a group of programmers who want to “raise software quality in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through sharing best practices related to different Application Lifecycle phases. Community target will be initially Microsoft technologies focus, upon the member’s feedback it can be stretched to other different technologies.”
They are having a CodeBetter June Public Event on Thursday, June 25th 2009 1:00PM at Al-Yamama University, Riyadh. Visit the event page for directions because as we know Google maps for Saudi Arabia is useless. The event will also introduce Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for Agile Software.
By
Khaled A., on May 18th, 2009
Update: Softland listed as a OCZ distributor in Saudi Arabia (different url).
Softland is one of the older computer hardware stores in Saudi Arabia. I remember visiting them back in 1995 and trying Doom! Their original store in Riyadh was on Tahliah street in Riyadh then they opened a second branch in Olaya computer market (haraj). The old branch was renamed to “Binaries” and was moved to the Olaya computer market as well. They also have a third store named Technology Roof also in the same Olaya computer market. Since they have multiple names we will refer to them with their original name, “Softland”.
Softland is one of the few computer hardware stores that specialize in importing computer components directly from the United States and they don’t usually rely on the Saudi Arabia dealers and distributors. That means that you can easily find the latest high end video cards and CPUs. The only disadvantage of course will be the high price that you will pay but it’s acceptable considering the limited alternatives.
The exception is when Softland actually have a distribution deal with the hardware maker. Softland is the only distributor in Saudi Arabia for OCZ and Thermaltake. The prices for these products are more decent than other hardware that they directly import.
Softland also have the best warranty on all the products that they sell. If they can’t fix the hardware then they are willing to replace it with either the same or a better model (you pay the difference).
Contact info: email: softland@sol.net.sa Tel: 966-1-462-8922 Tel: 966-1-466-5039 Fax: 966-1-462-1387.
By
Khaled A., on May 17th, 2009
A computer forensics course will be held in Riyadh. Titled “SEC 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response” and will cost $4,500. You can register at this website. From the email invitation:
Government regulations and organizational policy might require computer forensic investigators to investigate intellectual property theft, harassment, and regulatory compliance. Investigators must master a variety of operating systems, investigation techniques, incident response tactics, and even legal issues in order to solve their cases. This course will teach you forensic techniques and tools in a hands-on setting for both Windows- and Linux-based investigations. This course emphasizes a hands-on approach where you will learn in-depth forensic functionality and how to solve a variety of incidents. Most incident response and security personnel will need to be familiar with core forensic techniques in order to respond to a variety of incidents for their organizations. This course teaches investigators how to follow the trail typical for intrusions and incidents that they might encounter. Incident responders should learn how intruders breached the infrastructure to identify additional systems/networks that are compromised. You will learn how to investigate traces left by complex attacks using the latest exploit methodologies. Learning more than just how to use a forensic tool, you will be able to demonstrate how the tool functions step-by-step. You will become skilled with tools, such as the Sleuth-kit, Foremost, and the HELIX Forensics Live CD. We will rapidly move on to advanced forensic and investigation analysis topics and techniques. This SANS hands-on technical course arms you with a deep understanding of the forensic methodology, tools, and techniques to solve even the most difficult case.
It will be a full week starting from Saturday May 23rd to Wednesday May 27th 2009 at Al-Muthana Hotel in Riyadh.
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