Saudi Gazette report
HANOI— Saudi Arabia signed on Sunday the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in a ceremony held in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam. National Cybersecurity Authority Governor Eng. Majed Al-Mazyed represented Saudi Arabia in signing the agreement during a high-level ceremony in the Vietnamese capital, which was held on October 25 and 26 for countries around the world to endorse.

The signing of the agreement positions Saudi Arabia among the first countries to endorse this international accord, the first of its kind under the auspices of the UN, aimed at combating cybercrime. This convention marks the first UN multilateral treaty in over two decades to combat crime and the first binding international agreement specifically dedicated to combating cybercrime.

The agreement was developed under the framework of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, with Saudi Arabia's active engagement significantly contributing to the final text adopted by the committee.

It is noteworthy that the National Cybersecurity Authority is a government security entity in Saudi Arabia which focuses primarily on the country's computer security. Created in 2017, it is directly linked to the office of the King.