Assessment Solutions to Cyber Security Challenges for Saudi Smart Cities from the Point of View of Specialists

Abstract

Cybersecurity is one of the main pillars of Saudi smart cities, according to the Kingdom's Vision 2030. Therefore, the research sought to assess the appropriateness of some legislative, educational, and ethical solutions in facing cybersecurity challenges that threaten the security of smart cities from the perspective of specialists. The research aimed to identify these challenges, indicate the proposed solutions to confront them, evaluate them from the viewpoint of specialists, and contribute to facing them by proposing an educational project in this field. The research followed an analytical descriptive approach, as a questionnaire was prepared to identify the evaluative opinions of the legislative, educational, and ethical solutions to face cyber challenges threatening the security of smart cities from the specialists' point of view. It was distributed to a sample of 40 faculty members, 25 males and 15 females. The evaluation results showed the appropriateness of the solutions with a relative average of 95.77%, and the percentage of ethical solutions was 96.0%. This was followed by educational solutions with a percentage of 95.92%, then legislative solutions with a percentage of 95.3%. Regarding the procedural contribution to facing these challenges, 13 procedural recommendations were presented, and an executive framework for a proposed educational project was developed in accordance with the directions of the strategic vision of King Abdulaziz University and the Vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 2030.

Keywords

Assessment, Challenges, Cyber Security, Smart Cities.

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