Nearly 540 million computers in Saudi Arabia came under virus attacks from unknown parties and this should prompt the Gulf Kingdom to create an information security body, a Saudi expert has said.
Dr Fahid bin Turki bin Mahya, an information technology professor at the King Saud University in Riyadh, said Saudi Arabia has been classified as the eighth largest victim of virus attack on computers, adding that China, Russia, India, the United States, and Vietnam were worst hit in 2010.
"I can tell you that nearly 540 million computers in the Kingdom came under virus attacks from unknown parties in the second quarter of 2010," he said at a seminar on information technology at the University.
"This means that the country has become in an imperative need for a national agency for information security...its functions should include devising plans and strategies in this vital field...schools should also start considering information security lessons besides the present computer lessons."
© Emirates 24|7 2010
