Prof. Dr. Abbas Mohsen Al-Bakri, the president of the University of Information Technology and Communications, participated in the Iraqi Global Cybersecurity Standards Localization Forum (GCSL).

The forum, organized by the Smart Solutions and Information Technology Company in collaboration with Bayt Al-Hikma Training and Consulting Company (BHTC) and under the auspices of the Media and Communications Commission, featured a distinguished group of experts and specialists in the field of cybersecurity. The forum aims to discuss the latest global standards in cybersecurity and ways to localize and implement them in the local context.

The forum addressed several current challenges and ways to tackle them, including a comprehensive national vision for cybersecurity and the application of its standards, the gap between digital transformation and cybersecurity, and the weakness or neglect of protecting Geographic Information Systems (GIS).