RIYADH: Saudi Arabia finished third in an international cryptographic Olympiad held in Russia last year after the results were confirmed earlier this week, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The Kingdom was the only Arab country participating in the NSUCRYPTO International Cryptographic Olympiad event, which saw 85 teams take part, representing several countries.
The three-man Saudi team, affiliated with the Center of Excellence for Information Security at King Saud University, was Ahmed Al-Harbi, Muhammad Al-Rabiah, and Muhammad Al-Ammar.
The three participants thanked Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his support in the Kingdom’s development of technical excellence, which helps raise the efficiency of national capabilities in the digital sector.
They also expressed their thanks and appreciation to the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security, Programming and Drones, as well as the Tuwaiq Academy for specialized courses in the field of encryption; which played a key role in their team reflected in achieving a bronze medal.
The Olympiad is the only event of its kind in the field of cryptography and sees researchers solving complex mathematical problems for application in the real world.
Since its first edition in 2014, more than 2,500 participants from more than 50 countries around the world have participated in the Olympiad.
