November 24, 2011

Dr. Imad Hoballah, TRA Acting chairman and CEO, and Eng. Said Haidar, TRA Senior Quality of Service Management Expert, represented the TRA – who is also one of the founding members of the Arab Observatory for cyber security - in the Second Regional Arab cyber-security day held in Amman on November 21-23, 2011.

Organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Jordan and the Arab Observatory for cyber security, the conference was held under the theme "Safety and security in cyberspace" and tackled various subjects such as the economic and social repercussions of cyber security, security and privacy challenges and solutions, stakeholders cooperation, and national security issues among others.

Dr. Imad Hoballah was invited to give a speech at the opening ceremony and to moderate the panel about “cybercrime” on the second day of the event.

Dr. Hoballah stressed on the importance of facing the modern cyber warfare affecting the commerce, finance, energy, transport, health and communication sectors as well as the national security and emergency. Moreover, Dr. Hoballah pointed out the need of finding common solutions through strengthening and coordinating sustainable expertise, activating regional and international cooperation and building capabilities and competencies.

This conference attracted an impressive audience composed of government representatives and various experts. It was marked by the presence of by the Minister of State for Legal Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jazi, the President of the legislation Office in the Prime Minister, Dr. Ahmed Zyadat, the Director of Military Justice, the General. Yousef AL-Faouri ,the Vice-President at UJ and a large number of judges, lawyers and the faculty members.

To learn more about the outcome of the conference click the below links:

http://ujnews.ju.edu.jo/ujnews/Lists/News/DisplayNews.aspx?id=2528

http://www.ju.edu.jo/home.aspx

http://www.ju.edu.jo/junews.aspx?ID=671