Nizar Ben Néji is a Tunisian computer engineer and doctor in information and communication technologies, specializing in cybersecurity and cyber criminality with a special focus in his career on

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and PKI-related solutions. Recognized for his expertise in innovation and qualified by his rich international experience in the field of information and communication technologies, cybersecurity and cyber criminality, Dr. Ben Néji has been appointed in charge of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies in Tunisia since August 2, 2021.

Biography

Nizar Ben Neji holds a Doctorate degree in Information and Communication Technologies from the Higher School of Communications of Tunis (Sup'com) of the

University of Carthage The University of Carthage ( ar, جامعة قرطاج) is a university located in Tunis, Tunisia, and was founded in 1988. Organization University of Carthage is formed by 21 institutions under single-supervision and 12 under joint-supervision ...

and an engineering degree from the

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of Tunis (ENSI, part of

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) in 2005. He also performed postdoctoral scientific research at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

in USA as

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, in 2015.

Career

Dr. Ben Néji started his career as a

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engineer and later project manager at the Tunisian Government Certification Authority (ANCE) of the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy in Tunisia from 2005 to 2013 and was a member of several National Steering committees and working groups in charge of supervising and conducting National IT and e-Government projects. In 2013, he joined the University of Carthage in Tunisia, as lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte (FSB), then at the Higher School of Communications of Tunis (Sup'com). Dr. Ben Néji was actively involved as an expert at an international level with CTO (Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization), ITU (International Telecommunication Union) and AICTO (Arab Information and Communication Technology Organization) in delivering seminars in a wide variety of subjects related to cybersecurity and cyber criminality.

References

Living people Tunisian politicians 1981 births Government ministers of Tunisia {{Crypto-bio-stub