The National Guard is organizing the Saudi IT Security Forum 2005 for the 2nd year. The event will take place on April 17-18 2005 at King Faisal Conference Hall in Riyadh.
The main objective of the Forum is to create a powerful meeting platform for senior government officials, decision makers, IT professionals, and industry leaders. It offers the ideal opportunity for constructive debate and interaction, networking, exchange of ideas, and sharing knowledge and expertise.
The event is expected to attract over 500 participants of senior government officials and business decision makers.
The program of the Forum includes distinguished  speakers from: National Guard, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Communications and Information Technology Commission, King Saud University, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Telecom, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudi Aramco, In addition to IT professionals and Expert speakers from: CYBERGUARD, JUNIPER NETWORKS, ERNST & YOUNG CONSULTING, INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS (ISS), eHOSTING DATAFORT, SECUDE IT Security, E S GULF, POINTSEC.
The main topics of the Forum include: latest IT security technologies and future trends, Information security auditing, IT security awareness, security of electronic transaction, computer crimes, security of wireless communication. In addition there will be case studies and lessons learned.
A highly focused exhibition will be running in parallel with this event.