Pact for specialised cybersecurity accelerator signed

Muscat: The Ministry of Technology and Communications on Wednesday signed an agreement to launch Oman’s first specialised cybersecurity accelerator, in cooperation with the Oman-Britain digital centre and Takween, the annual investment programme affiliated to Oman Technology Fund.
The project is a brick stone in the nascent MENA region and it aims to support companies operating in the cybersecurity sector.
The programme, dubbed Sas Accelerator, has been designed especially for individuals and groups to serve as a business think-tank, which provides for the development of business ideas in the field of cybersecurity and the encouragement of digitalized entrepreneurship, with scopes for improving work models, building leadership skills aimed to enable participants to take steps necessary for the growth of their firms.
The pact was signed by Hassan bin Fida Al Lawati, Director General of the Digital Community Development Sector at the Ministry of Technology and Communications, and the adviser of the British Embassy in Muscat.