ALBAWABA - During a meeting with the appropriate government officials on Monday at Al-Husseiniya Palace, His Majesty the King's deputy, His Highness Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince, received an update on the National Cybersecurity Programme's development, according to Al-Mamlaka.
His Highness emphasized the necessity it has become to create an emergency cyber incident response infrastructure, particularly for vital and significant industries, and how crucial it is to promote initiatives and digital transactions that help residents.
During the meeting, the young prince was briefed by the head of the National Cybersecurity Center, Bassam Al-Maharmeh, regarding the center’s strategic plan for the years 2024-2026, which seeks to modernize government organizations' cybersecurity systems, connect them, and broaden national capacity-building projects and efforts.
Jordan formed the National Cybersecurity Council and the National Cybersecurity Center in 2019 to address cybersecurity threats and protect public and private networks, with crucial laws to support these initiatives including the Banking Law, the Cybercrimes Law, the Personal Data Protection Law, the Electronic Transactions Law, and the Credit Information Law, as reported by Ammon.
Jordan is ranked 100th out of 193 countries worldwide and 10th among Arab nations in the most recent United Nations cybersecurity ranking.
In light of an ongoing rise in cyberattacks, His Highness the Crown Prince commended the work done by the pertinent organizations in the cybersecurity field over the last two years and emphasized the significance of safeguarding data from hackers, stressing the necessity to strengthen international cooperation to learn from friendly nations' cyber incidents' experiences.
