A Professor at University of Bahrain Awarded Fellowship of UK-Gulf Women in Cyber Security Program

Sakhir – University of Bahrain

August 20, 2022

The assistant professor in the Information Systems Department, College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Dr. Amal Mohammad Al-Rayes, was recently awarded the “UK-Gulf Women in CyberSecurity Fellowship Program”, as the first academic at UoB to receive this fellowship.

Dr. Al-Rayes participated in the Fellowship’s Innovation Syndicate group, which undertook a work program focused on developing an application capable of reducing the amount of data leakage or information theft that various organizations are exposed to, through the use of artificial intelligence techniques.

Dr. Al-Rayes stated, “Lifelong learning is one of the most important qualities of academics and students at the University of Bahrain, given the tremendous changes that are taking place in all sciences, particularly information protection technology.” She added, “Due to the importance of this program which focuses on women in cybersecurity in the Arab Gulf region, participants in the program gained a lot of qualitative and advanced information.”

Dr. Al-Rayes discussed essential ideas -to present them for discussion at the College of Information Technology at the university-, on developing collaboration between the program organizers and the concerned parties at UoB, to enhance cybersecurity in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the GCC countries and provide various courses and workshops that serve the parties common goals.

The UK program is concerned with empowering, mentoring and supporting current and future women leaders in the cybersecurity sector in the Gulf region. Program affiliates work with external experts in workshops, discussions, trade union groups, and bilateral sessions to exchange knowledge and information, promote projects of common interest, improve awareness about cybersecurity in the Gulf region and the Arab world, provide knowledge and resources that benefit professionals in the region and raise awareness of female professionals and support their work in the field of cybersecurity.

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