News 24 | Who is Majid Al-Mazyed, the new governor of the National Cybersecurity Authority?

Yesterday (Sunday), the guardian of the two holy mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, issued a decision appointing Majid bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Mazyed governor of the National Cyber ​​Security Authority to the rank of minister.

Engineer Majed Al-Mazyed holds a bachelor’s degree in a Engineering Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of Missouri, and a Masters of Engineering Management from the University of Washington at St in a Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He has held several supervisory positions, the most recent of which was that of Deputy Governor for the International Cooperation Sector at the National Cybersecurity Authority, in addition to his election as Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Science and Technology. technology for development of the United Nations Economic Development Organization. and the Social Council for the year 2014-2015.

He served as Deputy Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission for the Technology and Infrastructure sectors, as well as the Communications sector. He has also contributed to the development of several policies and regulations in the field of cybersecurity and technology.

Since 2009, he has chaired the working group of the United Nations agency specializing in information and communication technologies on international public policy issues related to the Internet, in addition to being the representative of the Kingdom on the council. administration of the agency during the period 2018-2020.

On the decision to appoint him, he confirmed Following The Authority will continue its work under the supervision of its board of directors to build the cybersecurity sector, with its economic and security aspects, with its various local and international dimensions, and based on the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, its facilitators and targets.

He appreciated the unlimited support of the wise leadership of the cybersecurity industry since the establishment of the authority as the Kingdom’s competent authority in cybersecurity and the national benchmark in its affairs, and the establishment of Saudi Information Technology Company, which made this business vital. sector a successful and pioneering model in the world.