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Emergent Insight of the Cyber Security Management for Saudi Arabian Universities: A Content Analysis

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Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

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While cyber security has become a prominent concept of emerging information governance, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been dealing with severe threats to individual and organizational IT systems for a long time. These risks have recently permeated into educational institutions, thereby undermining the confidentiality of information as well as the delivery of education. Recent research has identified various causes and possible solutions to the problem. However, most scholars have considered a reductionist approach, in which the ability of computer configurations to prevent unwanted intrusions is evaluated by breaking them down to their constituent parts. This method is inadequate at studying complex adaptive systems. Therefore, the proposed project is designed to utilize a holistic stance to assess the cybersecurity management and policies in Saudi Arabian universities. Qualitative research, entailing a thorough critical review of ten public universities, will be utilized to investigate the subject matter. The subsequent recommendations can be adopted to enhance the security of IT systems, not only in institutional settings but also in any other environment in which such structures are used.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

    Hamzah Hadi Masmali

  2. College of Business Administration, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Hamzah Hadi Masmali

  3. Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

    Shah J. Miah

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Middlesex University, London, UK

    Xin-She Yang

  2. The University of Reading, Reading, UK

    Simon Sherratt

  3. JIS University, Kolkata, India

    Nilanjan Dey

  4. Global Knowledge Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, India

    Amit Joshi

Appendix A: List of Universities

Appendix A: List of Universities

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    King Abdulaziz University https://www.kau.edu.sa/Home.aspx

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    King fahd university of petroleum and minerals http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ar/Default.aspx

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    King Faisal University https://www.kfu.edu.sa/sites/Home/

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    King Khalid University https://www.kku.edu.sa/

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    King Saud University https://www.ksu.edu.sa/en/

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    Qassim University https://www.qu.edu.sa/

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    TaibahUniversity https://www.taibahu.edu.sa/Pages/AR/Home.aspx

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    Taif University https://www.tu.edu.sa/

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    University of Hail http://www.uoh.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx

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    Jazan University https://www.jazanu.edu.sa/

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Masmali, H.H., Miah, S.J. (2023). Emergent Insight of the Cyber Security Management for Saudi Arabian Universities: A Content Analysis. In: Yang, XS., Sherratt, S., Dey, N., Joshi, A. (eds) Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 448. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1610-6_14

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