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LONDON: Major improvements in Saudi cybersecurity are increasing the Kingdom鈥檚 attractiveness to investors and seeing it develop a reputation as a specialist in the field, the BMG Economic Forum was told on Wednesday.

Faisal Hameed, vice president for innovation enablement at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, said 抖阴短视频 had climbed from 46th to second place in the Global Cyber Security Index since the 2017 launch of the Vision 2030 reform plan.

鈥淭he Cyber Security Authority and Cyber Security Act have both been big changes that leave us only second to the US,鈥� he told the forum, which was held at the London Stock Exchange and attended by Arab News.

鈥淲e鈥檝e come a long way since a 2012 attack against Aramco turned thousands of computers into bricks.

鈥淲e have training camps and bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in cybersecurity, which is building domestic expertise in the field and transforming investment opportunities.鈥�

Hameed said improvements in cybersecurity are attracting startups from fields including artificial intelligence, quantum and post-quantum computing as the Kingdom pushes to diversify its economy.

David Webb, managing director of security risk management firm Valkyrie, said confidence in 抖阴短视频 as an investment destination is increasing, and this can be seen in a change in the queries the company is receiving.

鈥淪audi was always bound up in the misconstrued notion that there were physical threats to investing there 鈥� tied to what one might term its 鈥榥oisy neighbours鈥�,鈥� said Webb.

鈥淏ut what we鈥檙e seeing more of now, especially in recent years, is a move from questions of physical security and whether it鈥檚 strong on cybersecurity, and we always say 鈥榶es鈥� as now is a great time to invest in the country.鈥�

Gurpreet Thathy, Valkyrie鈥檚 director of cybersecurity, said when advising on cybersecurity the company always tells clients they must build it in and future-proof it.

He added: 鈥淭here must be cybersecurity embedded in the design, not a bolt on, and employees need to be told about the cyber threats out there.

鈥淚n Saudi, we see that this is the mindset from the outset, rather than a bolt on, and it鈥檚 very good to see this.鈥�

Both Thathy and Webb said no cybersecurity system will ever be impenetrable, and what is also needed is the expertise to react swiftly to breaches.

Webb added: 鈥淲e also see a lot of companies not building this reactive expertise in, and it leads to the system come crashing down.

鈥淏ut with what Saudi has done in terms of training and education, if ever there was a sector for youth employment, it鈥檚 cybersecurity.鈥�