Information Security

Prof. Manuel discussed the modern encryption systems and post-quantum encryption systems as part of many other topics related to the cyber security.

Graduate Studies students from the Master in Cyber Security and Master in Data Sciences and some researchers and lecturers from the university also attended the lecture.

Dr. Majdi Odeh- the Associate Professor in the Engineering Sciences, technology and nature Department in the Faculty of Graduate Studies stressed on the importance of this lecture and its qualitative addition that it provided to the students and participants.

The course contained a presentation about the main goals of the Information Security and Quality Unit and the role it does to protect the data and services in the university.

Eng. Mohammad Owaidat talked about some of the awareness concepts of information security, the hacking problems and account protection possibilities and ways, and warned students that they need to protect their passwords and the ways to develop protected accounts in order to keep them away from being hacked. 

He pointed that specializing in computer networks and information security is one of the most vital and important specializations due to the need to link and connect various organizations and keep the data secured. He explained, Data is the most important component of any system, thus it’s necessary to use every possible means to protect and preserve it.