RIYADH — As part of the activities of Riyadh Season 2022, the Black Hat Middle East & Africa Show, the world's largest technology event, witnessed Tuesday, over 75 events on the first day of its activities.

The event saw the attendance of more than 10,000 visitors, which varied between workshops, sessions and technical challenges, with the participation of a number of the most important speakers and companies specialized in the cybersecurity sector.

The Black Hat event is being organized by the Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP), in partnership with the General Entertainment Authority (GEA).

The sessions discussed the latest developments in the field of cybersecurity and cyber considerations, ways to combat fraud and cybercrime, identity theft and fraud, in addition to reviewing ways to escape from cybercrime, information protection, cyber risk assessment, and the possibility of transforming cloud operations, networks and security.

The workshops, the most prominent of which were surprises in drones' hacking, forensics, biohacking, an improved model for detecting credit card fraud using machine learning, were well attended with experts illuminating the participants on these novel subkects.

In addition the workshops revealed the implications of losing security in the operational environment, the art of hacking infrastructure, ransomware and cyber resilience in the digital age, in addition to detecting sophisticated attack techniques for hacking.

The activities of the first day concluded with a display of drones that formed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's flag, SAFCSP logo, the Riyadh Season, and some creative drawings that were well received by the audience.

— SPA