Regional Cybersecurity Week 2025


The Largest Cybersecurity Event in the Region


Rabat, Morocco

15th 19th September 2025





Regional Cybersecurity Week 2025 “Digital Sovereignty for Sustainable Economic Development


The Regional Cybersecurity week is scheduled from 15th to 19th September 2025 in Rabat, Morocco and Organized by RCC in partnership with General Directorate of Information Systems Security (DGSSI) in Morocco and in cooperation with ITU, OIC-CERT and FIRST with the theme of “Digital Sovereignty for Sustainable Economic Development” . The cybersecurity week aims to share experiences, consolidate and enhance cooperation among Arab and regional countries in the field of cybersecurity in general and identify clear mechanisms to tackle cyber threats and attacks. The cyber security week consist of multiple events including:

Regional Cybersecurity Week Events

13th Regional Cyber Security Summit
15th – 16th September 2025

The 13th Regional Cybersecurity Summit 2025 aims to share experiences, consolidate and enhance cooperation among countries in the field of cybersecurity and identify clear mechanisms to tackle threats and attacks in the Arab and international cyber space. The Summit will be attended by delegates from more than 57 countries. The Summit will focus on the Cybersecurity Industry development highlighting the pivotal role of digital sovereignty in achieving sustainable economic development. Controlling digital resources is essential for stimulating innovation, developing digital infrastructure, and increasing investments in digital fields such as artificial intelligence and information and communications technology, which contribute to creating new job opportunities and improving the standard of living. discuss and formulate strategic directions and plans to tackle emerging threats to the global and regional cybersecurity sector.

17th annual OIC-CERT conference & FIRST Symposium for Arab and Africa
16th September 2025

The symposium provides an appropriate platform for senior ICT and cyber security officials from the African, OIC and Arab regions to discuss and formulate strategic directions and plans to tackle emerging threats to the global and regional cybersecurity sector.

The 13th Arab Regional, OIC-CERT & Africa Cyber Drill
17th - 18th September 2025

The Regional Cybersecurity Centre (RCC) is organizing the 13th Arab Regional Cyber Drill dedicated to National Arab, Africa, and OIC National Cybersecurity centers and CERT’s. The Cyber Drill simulates the latest trends of cyber-attacks and measures the confidence and ability of the participants through number of crafted environments engaging the participants in real life scenarios, putting them under pressure to measure their ability to respond and communicate effectively with other stakeholders among the region’s national cybersecurity centers to overcome the presented obstacles and circumstances with theme of this year “Using AI in Cyber defense Plan”

OIC-CERT board meeting

16th September 2025

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the National CERTs, to discuss and identify priorities and initiatives of common interest and follow up on the 2025 business plan, which focuses on strengthening the cybersecurity industry and innovation in the Islamic countries and aspects of cooperation with international organizations.

Key Highlight

  • Cybersecurity risk and Exposure - A Key Factor in Partnership Decisions
  • The Rising Threat Horizon and Creation of Digital Trust
  • Competitive Security Market Dynamics for Product Leaders
  • AI-Powered Cybersecurity
  • The GCC Approach for a Secure and Resilient Digital Economy
  • Growth of Cybersecurity Industry Creates New Jobs
  • Emerging Technologies Responsible for the Cybersecurity Industry’s Production of Innovative Developments
  • A Modernized Framework to Secure the Digital and Interconnected Economy
  • The Role of Cybersecurity and Data Security in the Digital Economy
  • Behavioral Analytics Became an Integral Part of Advanced Cybersecurity Solutions
  • Cybersecurity and Future Technologies
  • Cybersecurity as an Economic Enabler
  • The Emergent Cyber Response to Support Cyber Innovation
  • Enhancing GCC and International Cooperation to respond to Cyber Threats and promote a Global, Stable and Open Cyberspace

Regional Cybersecurity Summit 2024

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Why Attend?

  • Identify limitations in your current cyber security framework.
  • Develop state-of-the-art cybersecurity management systems to mitigate threats.
  • Identify and analyze scope, challenges and benefits of an efficient cyber security infrastructure
  • FIntegrate early warning systems to identify potential threats and optimize effective monitoring and system integrity
  • Learn of advancements in cybersecurity structures, operational policies, data protection and legal regulations.
  • Discover innovative methods to keep your organization safe from cybercrime and data theft.
  • Overcome current and future challenges in the field of cybersecurity through case studies and success stories.
  • Learn how to integrate cyber risk management practices, latest cybersecurity techniques, disaster recovery patterns and methods of securing critical data.

Speakers Quotes

Who Should Attend ?

All Cybersecurity Experts (Government ,Private & CNI )
  • C-Level / President / CEO / MD
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Information Security Officer
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Chief Security Architects and Chief Security officers
  • Directors & Heads of Regulatory Affairs

Leadership Visionary Panel

Eng. Badar Alsalehi

Director General – Oman National CERT ...

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General Mustafa AL Rabii

Director of Moroccan National CERT and Vice president of Africa ...

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H.E Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security Council , United Arab Emirates Governmen ...

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Dr. Haji Amirudin

Chief Executive Officer of CyberSecurity Malaysia ...

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RCS Week Speakers 2025

Joanna Bouckaert

Community Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum ...

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Mr .Chris Gibson

Executive Director of FIRST ...

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Mr. Marwan Ben Rached

Cybersecurity Coordinator , BDT, ITU ...

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Mr. Nasser Al Hadhrami

Senior Security Analyst & Cyber Drill Presenter at OCERT ...

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Dr. Haji Amirudin

Chief Executive Officer of CyberSecurity Malaysia ...

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Mr. Saif Hamed Al-Hinai

Cybersecurity Analyst at Oman National CERT ...

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Official Host


Organizer

ARCC
ARCC

Endorsed BY

ITU
ITU