Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 123 | Page 14

Mohammed Al Khalifa, CEO of the National Cyber Security Center of Bahrain

Bahrain Government takes definitive step toward building a quantum-safe economy

As governments worldwide prepare for the impact of Quantum Computing on cybersecurity, national strategies are evolving to safeguard sensitive data and critical infrastructure. His Excellency
Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, CEO of the National Cyber Security Center of Bahrain, tells us how the Kingdom’ s landmark partnership with SandboxAQ is accelerating its transition towards a quantum-safe economy and strengthening cyber-resilience at a national scale. he National Cyber Security

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Center of the Kingdom of Bahrain and SandboxAQ, a global leader in AI-driven cybersecurity and cryptographic management, have announced a landmark partnership aimed at establishing a nationwide cybersecurity modernisation framework.
The partnership marks one of the world’ s first large-scale commitments to transitioning towards a quantum-safe economy. As a founding member of the UNICC AI Hub on Post- Quantum Cryptography( PQC), SandboxAQ will support Bahrain in securing sovereign data,
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