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UAE Conducts Virtual Cybersecurity Exercise with Over 140 Nations

The UAE cybersecurity Council, in collaboration with Expo 2020
Dubai and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
conducted a virtual exercise, titled, "cyber 193." The one-day
international cybersecurity exercise, hosted by the UAE via video
conferencing and cloud computing methods, took place amidst
current global events and associated challenges, which require
greater international cooperation to create a cyber-united world
capable of addressing emergencies and crises. The exercise,
which was attended by more than 140 countries, represented a
new international initiative led by the UAE, based on its belief in
promoting peace, tolerance and human solidarity and reinforcing
international cooperation. The exercise took place as part of Expo
2020 Dubai. Eman Al Awadhi, Deputy Director of cyber Security
and Resilience at Expo 2020 Dubai, and Adel Mohamed Darwish, simulated more than 20 cyber scenarios, provided the participants
Director, Regional Office of the International Telecommunications with the opportunity to learn about the latest global industry
Union (ITU) for the Arab States, attended the event. Dr. Mohammed trends and contribute to strengthening international partnerships
Al Kuwaiti, President of the UAE cybersecurity Council, told WAM in a way that enhances national capabilities to deal efficiently and
that the exercise will support the cyber defence operations of professionally with various emergency scenarios. The exercise
the UAE and all participating countries, to counter various cyber offered its participants the opportunity to learn about the latest
attacks, encourage global communication, and advance the relevant global trends, as well as strengthened international
capabilities of participating response teams. He said that the partnerships and boosted national capabilities to address various
"cyber193" exercise comes within the framework of a series of emergency scenarios and maintain the global stature of the UAE
cyber exercises implemented by the Council in cooperation with in the field of cybersecurity. Eman Al Awadhi, Deputy Director of
its strategic partners, and an embodiment of the national cyber cyber Security and Resilience at Expo 2020 Dubai, said that Expo
security training in the areas of rapid response to electronic 2020 Dubai is a smart city that extends over an area of 4.38 square
incidents, crisis management and the comprehensive vision of kilometers and includes more than 13,000 advanced cameras and
cyber security. He added that the international exercise, which more than 8,000 contact points distributed throughout the site.

Bahrain's National Cyber Security Centre Signs Up for Beyon Connect's One-

Box and OneID

as a mobile application for both iOS and
Android. Bahraini residents can sign up via
e-KYC supporting passport and national ID
cards with facial recognition and liveness
check. The owner of the digital identity
wallet will receive a push notification in
their OneID app when a new digital identity
is issued for them. The owner stores the
issued ID in the digital identity wallet, and
it is ready for use. An organization can
sign up and start receiving OneID digital
identities to use within their e-services
within 30 minutes. Beyon Connect, which
Bahrain's National Cyber Security Centre to enable national secure communication launched in January, is a subsidiary of
(NCSC) has signed an MoU to adopt between the public sector, private Batelco and specializes in providing new
Beyon Connect digital identity and postbox businesses and residents of Bahrain. Beyon technologies with innovation potential,
products and services. The NCSC aims to Connect will also deliver its OneID platform Software-as-a-Service platforms, and
develop a strong cyber security framework for registering a unique digital identity advanced IT services for the public and
as part of the country's 2030 vision and and for interacting securely with public private sectors in the MENA region.
economic development. Beyon Connect and private sector digital services across
will provide the recently launched OneBox Bahrain. OneID will be made available

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