Future Considerations

 

Network Society

- introduction of investment in information technology (IT), reviewing the role of investment in IT in boosting economy and identifying standards of investment in IT at the public and private sectors.

- The impact of this on the theories, practices and tools of planning and designing modern cities and discussion of different results of the development of the concept of city particularly problems and obstacles of the implementation of electronic and knowledge cities. The gathering also aims at laying down solutions and alternatives and reaching proposals leading to boosting positive outcomes and overcoming negative ones about the implementation of the concept of electronic, digital and knowledge city.

- Reviewi the impact of moving to e-government on various jobs as well as get acquainted of the different Arab experiences in shifting to e-job.

- The economies of e-job and dealing with emergency cases when electronic work system fail.

- Disputes that may be settled away from the local and regional judicial bodies.

- It is estimated that the Internet usage will keep on growing rapidly in the KSA. In addition to the new Internet structure that can cut the prices of Internet access, there are also other factors that can speed up the growth of Internet usage in Saudi Arabia. One reason for the growth is that 60 % of the Saudi population comprises teenagers and young adults who are adapting to new technologies faster than expected.

- As the usage of Internet grows in all the Arabic countries, the amount of Arabic content on the Internet will grow as well. This in turn will attract more and more Saudis to join the Internet. Several universities and colleges in KSA are now adopting e-learning as a part of their curriculum. It is estimated that the Saudi Arabia?s e-learning market will expand by 33% annually over the next five years and hit US$125 million by 2008.

- As more banks and companies will offer more of their services online, more customers are drawn to use these services. It is estimated that in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries the ecommerce will cross altogether the US$1 billion mark by the year 2008, with Saudi Arabia taking the lion?s share of these revenues.

Network Access

- Vision

- To be the trusted authoritative reference for information security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

- Mission

- To increase the information security awareness level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- To coordinate national effort towards promoting IT Security best practices and creating trust among cyber community

- To help managing information security attacks and incidents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ? To be the reference point in information security for the Cyber Community in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- To build Saudi talent and human capacity in the field of information security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- To provide a trusted environment for e-transactions to foster trust, cooperation and collaboration among our constituents and the general cyber community in the Kingdo

- The IPv6 Task Force Forum came as the outcome of the IPv6 Project that was introduced by the Communications and Information Technology Commission as part of the Internet Services Development Projects undertaken by the CITC. The Commission sponsored the establishment of the Task Force that convened its first meeting on July 30, 2008.

- The Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has understood the importance of keeping pace with the huge developments in the field of telecommunications on international level which leads to regulatory changes in the competitive and investment environment of this sector, and how these developments create fundamental changes in the infrastructure and regulation of the telecommunications sector in the Kingdom.

- In the light of this attention by the Government, the Royal Decree No. (M/12) dated 12/3/1422H was issued approving the Telecommunications Act. The Council of Ministers Decision No. (74) dated 5/3/1422H was issued approving the Ordinance of the Saudi Communications Commission. These systems aim at facing the challenges of the coming stage in the field of telecommunications, and creating a competitive environment based on equity and transparency emerging from it provision of high quality universal telecommunications services at affordable prices, activating the role of the private sector and motivating its investments in that field.

- This program provides a brief overview of the organizational structural development program to combat spam (Spam) in Saudi Arabia in terms of the approach taken in implementing the program, implementation stages, key findings that emerged from the study prepared for this purpose, and finally the strategy and proposed initiatives.