An MOU signing ceremony between Delta Tech and KICS took place at the Director’s Office in Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science UET, Lahore on 18th February 2019. Both the high officials from both sides – CEO Delta Tech Nihal Mehmood and Director KICS Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood signed the agreement in presence of other officials. Dr. Ghalib Asad Ullah Shah (Professor and Sultan Qaboos IT C-Chair) also attended the ceremony. The contract was inked for mutual projects in cyber security.
Both organizations appreciated that in the wake of recent cyber-attacks on Pakistan’s organizations and propelled by the recent NCCS initiative, the time is ripe for establishing a strong partnership resulting in mutually beneficial projects and synergies.
As per the agreement, both organizations agreed that collaboration will be fruitful resulting in:
- Improvement in Pakistan’s cyber security posture.
- Enrichment of the cyber security education, programs, and training being offered at UET-KICS.
- Creation of new value such as innovative products, research, training, forums, and other
- programs which would not have been possible without the collaboration
- Development and advancement of Pakistan’s cyber security eco-system
- Extending the successes of the collaboration to a national, regional, and international context thus ensuring that the outcomes are world-class and internationally competitive.
