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February 26, 2020

The G-War: Race for Technological Supremacy in 5G and 6G

In this policy brief, we discussed the concerns that entail the race to control the emerging 5G technology and its potential impact across the world. Also, we outlined the strategic recommendations to effectively regulate the technology and its successors.
February 16, 2020

How Can Cyber Threat Prediction Improve Cybersecurity Posture?

This policy brief highlights the importance of cyber threats prediction as a promising approach to improve the cybersecurity posture. It also provides recommendations for policymakers at the organizational, national, and international levels that contribute to building cyber threat prediction capabilities, and thus improving the cyber resiliency of organizations.
January 21, 2020

Blockchain : Transforming the Fourth Industrial Revolution

This policy brief highlights there are many areas where decentralize control or sharing can open new economic models where value exchange does matter, especially in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. Since Blockchain technology is at a very early stage, therefore humans have to identify how and where this technology could fill the trust gap.
September 15, 2019

US-China Trade War and the High Technology Sector

In this era of complex interdependence, such sudden disruptions in supply chains will not only hurt Chinese businesses in the US and elsewhere, but also damage the US economy as well as its reputation as a business destination. It is after all a vicious circle.
September 7, 2019

Cyber Peacekeeping From Concept To Implementation

The upsurge of cyber warfare has ushered voluminous research to its characterization and conduct. Although this research is critical, it is imbued with significant gaps in the knowledge, especially pertaining to the restoration of peace and security in the aftermath. In this article, we introduce the concept of cyber peacekeeping with emphasis on protecting civilians and restoring peace post cyber warfare. This work outlines why cyber peacekeeping is essential, the opportunities and challenges it presents, and provide pointers to significantly related research articles. The article concludes with some of the key findings from the literature and suggests avenues for future research efforts.
September 2, 2019

Advanced Persistent Threats Through Industrial IoT On Oil And Gas Industry

This paper shares an insight gained through analysis of cybersecurity attacks on various oil and gas companies, including the lessons learned as preemptive measures. This paper helps the oil and gas industry to defend its most valuable assets and data from digital disruption in upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors.
August 23, 2019

Techniques And Technologies To Combat ‘Mis- & Dis-information’ In Open Internet

The purpose of this research is to enables technology companies in identifying the right balance of freedom of expression and access to authentic information for the viewers.
August 20, 2019

نحو استراتيجية عربية موحدة لتحقيق التنمية الرقمية

This opinion paper brief discuss the absence of a unified Arab vision and strategy for digital development. This paper seeks to draw attention to the transformations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and proposes a preliminary formula on which to build a unified Arab strategy for comprehensive digital development.
August 20, 2019

Digital Development Strategy: Towards A Unified Arab Strategy For Digital Development

This opinion paper discusses the absence of a unified Arab vision and strategy for digital development. This paper seeks to draw attention to the transformations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and proposes a preliminary formula on which to build a unified Arab strategy for comprehensive digital development.