Cybersecurity Sector

Overview of the Sector

The Saudi Cybersecurity Workforce Framework classifies the roles of cybersecurity professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, defines the job roles for each category, and outlines the requirements for each job role in terms of tasks, knowledge, skills, and competencies. The main objective of this framework is to provide a reference guide for the preparation, development, recruitment, and management of cybersecurity professionals. The framework offers a unified reference for improving communication and developing content in professional training and management activities, and it also helps link the learning outcomes of education and training programs to the required knowledge, skills, and competencies.

M. Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Khathlan

Deputy Governor for Cybersecurity Development

Members

M. Basem bin Saleh Al-Juhani
Director General of the Cybersecurity Department
Mr. Emad Al-Ma'aibid
General Manager of the Cybersecurity Division
A. Asma al-Yemeni
Director of Cybersecurity
Dr. Bandar bin Abdulrahman Al-Khayyal
Director General of Program Accreditation at the National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation
Mr. Tariq bin Abdulaziz Al-Bassam
Chief Strategy Officer
M. Abdulrahman Al-Mani'a
Chief Executive Officer of Product Management
M. Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Rashid
Director of Managed Services and Cybersecurity Incident Response
Mr. Mazen Al-Ahmadi
Vice President of Cybersecurity and Data Governance
Mr. Muhammad bin Wadi'
Director of Human Capital
M. Wael bin Ahmad Fattouh
Executive Vice President of Consulting Services
A. Suleiman Al-Badr
General Manager of the Cybersecurity Division

Sectoral Skills Framework

A sectoral skills framework serves as a comprehensive tool for identifying the skills required in a sector; it specifies the skills needed for each job family within the sector’s value chains. The sectoral skills framework follows a systematic approach to identifying the skills required in the sector: first, job groups were identified within the subsectors, followed by the identification of key job roles, career paths, and priority skills.
The Saudi Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (SIYOF)

Professional Standards Framework

National documents outlining standards for the description of occupations and their associated jobs, including the knowledge, skills, requirements, and competencies necessary to perform job roles and tasks. This includes the application and use of these standards in various contexts depending on the users, such as human resources professionals, training centers, and others interested in human capacity building.

Partnerships

Strategic partnerships for sectoral skills councils are a fundamental pillar for helping to meet the evolving needs of the labor market, Integration between the public and private sectors and training and educational institutions is one of the cornerstones of the sectoral skills councils’ work; it helps bridge the skills gap between supply and demand, improves the quality of educational and training outcomes, and enhances the efficiency of human capital as the primary driver of national development.

Training Programs

Programs that have been aligned with the skills framework to ensure that learning and training outcomes are consistent with the technical and general skills identified by the sectoral skills councils and included in the sectoral skills frameworks.