The International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) brings together researchers, students and experts to share their ideas, experiences and insights.
Prof. H. Ugail (organizer SKIMA’19, Ulkulhas, Maldives)
Talk M. Nasheed (ex-President of Maldives) during KIMA’19, Ulkulhas, Maldives
Qatar is building large-scale infrastructures (healthcare system, ports/airports, metro/rail mega-projects, large logistics facilities, World Cup facilities, etc.) which all require powerful, interrelated, ergonomic and secured IT and Information Systems. The competency needs in these fields will largely increase in the next years in the perspective of a more digital-based economy. The cybersecurity subfield is becoming particularly crucial to secure all the already set up complex Information Systems. IT students should acquire additional courses in applied psychology and sociology to be able to understand the hackers’ psychological profiles and their social behaviours, as well as the practices of users of IT systems. The specificities of the strategic and operational functions of cybersecurity, and their rapid evolution, are a key issue in building/updating methods of new competency frameworks,