Safe House Lab

In collaboration with the Director of the Centre of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), Dr. Jalal Al-Muhtadi, a female chapter of CoEIA has been established in 2016, to be one of the first female-based centres of this kind in the region

Female Chapter Goal and Objectives

Inline with the CoEIA’s goal and objectives, this branch sets the following goal and objectives.

Goal

To become one of the leading female-oriented centres in the region for training, advising, research, and knowledge transfer in the different areas of information security.

Objectives

In order for this female chapter to achieve the above goal, the following objectives are set.

Female community

Build a community of highly educated female academics and individuals who have interest in the area of information security from the whole region to contribute the other objectives below

Consultation

Providing specialized consulting services in information security.

Training courses

Design and deliver various information security training courses of different scales from a 2-hour up to a 5-day course, and to suit various audiences inside and outside KSU

Events and competitions

Organise and host national and international information security competitions and events, mostly organised at the male side of CoEIA, to allow female students and staff to take part in such competitions as part of our community service agenda.

Research and projects

Develop research groups and conduct multi-disciplinary projects that contribute to the field of information security.