Cybersecurity event aims at boosting entrepreneurs’ skills
By: Times News Service
Muscat: A virtual cybersecurity programme aimed at supporting fresh entrepreneurs’ ideation by equipping them with the necessary commercial and technological knowledge to go through the business market efficiently concluded on Monday.
The SAS Accelerator for Cybersecurity’s 2nd cohort, was organised by the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and IT through its SAS Centre for Entrepreneurship and partnership with the UK-Oman Digital Hub CyLon Spark, PDO, and Oman National CERT.
The 2nd cohort saw six ideas; their owners participated over 12 weeks, starting from January 18, 2021, until April 5, 2021.
They saw 25 sessions and lectures, which stressed the best approaches for startup growth. Additionally, the participants benefited from 60 hours of virtual individual consultation sessions given by 15 speakers and mentors specialised in cybersecurity consisted of 12 international ones and three from the Sultanate.