Encrypted Text for Cybersecurity Company (Safer) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Syrian Ministry of Energy, a promising step to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity fields and build an integrated system to protect critical energy infrastructure, contributing to raising readiness to face cyber threats and developing national capabilities.

Safer's CEO Thamer Al-Dhufairi met with the Assistant Minister for Planning and Institutional Excellence, Engineer Ibrahim Al-Adhan, in the presence of the Director of the Ministry's Technology and Digital Transformation Directorate, Engineer Abdul Karim Al-Jaafar, the Executive Director of Safer's office in Syria, Engineer Iyad Hammoud, and the Deputy Executive Director of the Syria office, Engineer Malik Nasser.

The memorandum included joint cooperation in preparing cybersecurity standards, regulations, and legislation for the energy sector, enhancing compliance with global standards, as well as developing capabilities and technical solutions to protect critical assets, early detection of threats, and effective response to cyber attacks to ensure business continuity and protect sensitive data.

This step comes within the joint Saudi-Syrian efforts to enhance the national data protection system and develop rapid response frameworks for cyber attacks, in line with the requirements of comprehensive digital transformation.