The Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) is a national institution in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...

aiming at developing professional skills in the fields of cybersecurity and programming.

Structure

SAFCSP is associated with the

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (IOC code: KSA; ar, اللجنة الأولمبية السعودية وأولمبياد المعاقين) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee representing Saudi Arabia. ...

and governed by the board of directors that is chaired by Faisal Al-Khamisi.

Hajj Hackathon

In 2018, SAFCSP organized the Hajj

Hackathon A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest, datathon or codefest; a portmanteau of hacking and marathon) is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time such as 24 or 48 hours. Th ...

event in Jeddah, west of

, with 2,950 participants from over 100 countries. With this number of participants, SAFCSP broke the

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

for 'Most participants in a hackathon'.

Bug Bounty

In 2019, SAFCSP has introduced Bug Bounty, a rewards platform that aims at exploiting the capabilities of individual talents and research to detect and discover vulnerabilities in software and websites of organizations.

References

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