Ammon News - Arab Cyber Security Sector Chairman Wael Ibrahim said Friday that Jordan is taking positive steps in the field of cybersecurity, and has advanced in the global cybersecurity index from the eighties to the seventies among more than 170 countries.

In a lecture organized by the Jordan Society for Scientific Research, Entrepreneurship and Creativity on challenges facing digital transformation and cybersecurity, he stressed the importance of government support in this endeavour and investment in Jordanian potentials both internally and externally.

He said that Jordanian universities seek to build digital content in line with the national digital transformation strategy, urging the launch of e-government bodies, and adding: "digital transformation is not a luxury, but there is a fourth industrial revolution that we must adapt to and prepare for what comes next to build a cybersecurity system."

Ibrahim called for cooperation between the government, private sector and civil society institutions to promote education programs and initiatives for all groups of society, including children and adults, to create an advanced state of awareness in the face of any breaches, piracy or electronic attacks through prevention.

He also urged building digital transformation systems in countries, governments and institutions with parallel integrated cyber protection platforms and regulatory and supervisory legislation and electronic security centres, along with effective bodies to build educated, qualified and trained human resources, starting with schools, institutes and specialized training centres, and even universities.

Ibrahim outlined such cyber breaches, including cryptovirology attacks, like ransomware, and their aim of fraud, theft, sabotage, privacy breach, character assassination and defamation, as well as "electronic flies" on digital media platforms.