The Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) is a national institution in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

aiming at developing professional skills in the fields of cybersecurity and programming.

Structure

SAFCSP is associated with the

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (IOC code: KSA; ar, اللجنة الأولمبية السعودية وأولمبياد المعاقين) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee representing Saudi Arabia. U ...

and governed by the board of directors that is chaired by Faisal Al-Khamisi.

Hajj Hackathon

In 2018, SAFCSP organized the Hajj Hackathon event in Jeddah, west of

, with 2,950 participants from over 100 countries. With this number of participants, SAFCSP broke the Guinness World Record for 'Most participants in a hackathon'.

Bug Bounty

In 2019, SAFCSP has introduced

Bug Bounty A bug bounty program is a deal offered by many websites, organizations and software developers by which individuals can receive recognition and compensation for reporting bugs, especially those pertaining to security exploits and vulnerabilit ...

, a rewards platform that aims at exploiting the capabilities of individual talents and research to detect and discover vulnerabilities in software and websites of organizations.

References

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