Besides Dr. Hisham Al-Masid of al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering and Dr. Yazan Al Shboul of the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, eight students from al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering and the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science at Yarmouk University participated in an online training workshop of cybersecurity organized by the University of Bordeaux, USA.
The dean of al-Hajjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering, Dr. Muwaffaq Otoom, said that this workshop is one of the many opportunities for cooperation included in the memorandum of understanding between Yarmouk University and the University of Bordeaux. He explained that the workshop includes using one of the most well-known simulation systems in cybersecurity, through which students have experienced real scenarios of cyber-attacks through the system.
For his part, Dr. Samer Samara, the dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, pointed out the importance of such training workshops in developing the program at the university and enhancing students' skills required by the labor market, considering that the University of Bordeaux is ranked as the sixth American university in the field of cybersecurity education.