Booz Allen and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Partner to Promote Cyber Education

March 23, 2018

McLean, Va. – The demand for cybersecurity professionals in today’s workforce continues to increase as the need grows for capable specialists to help make the world a safer place. As a part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) Vision 2030, under the strategic pillars of – A Vibrant Society, A Thriving Economy, and An Ambitious Nation, – KSA plans to focus its efforts on building a digitized industry and community to advance the region forward. Through this effort, the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security and Programming (SAFCSP) today signed a partnership agreement with Booz Allen (NYSE: BAH) to help promote the development of cybersecurity skills and establish the next generation of cyber experts in the region.

“We are excited to partner with SAFCSP to expand our commitments for the development of cybersecurity capabilities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Christopher Ling, executive vice president and leader of Booz Allen’s international business. “This new partnership will facilitate exciting new skills-development opportunities for cybersecurity students and professionals in the Kingdom to ensure a capable cyber workforce is ready to meet the demands of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 and to support their National Cyber Strategy.”

Within this partnership, Booz Allen will apply cyber expertise to develop a specialized, competitive cyber skills challenge based on our Kaizen “Capture the Flag” competition program to help students and industry professionals across the Kingdom to hone their cyber skills. To learn more about Booz Allen’s cyber capabilities, visit http://www.boozallen.com/cyber.