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E-Payments &
072 Saudi Arabian e-Infrastructure
Disadvantage
Payment card service companies charge
merchants per-transaction fees and
monthly processing fees
Payment Acceptance and Processing
Settlement occurs
Merchant Accounts
PayPal
Provides payment processing services to
businesses and to individuals
Peer-to-peer (P2P) payment system
Free payment clearing service for individuals
NOW AVAILABLE IN SAUDI ARABIA
Phishing – A very serious threat to E-
Commerce
Basic structure
Attacker sends e-mail messages to a large
number of recipients
Message states that an account has been
compromised and the matter should be
corrected
Message includes a link
Al Rajhi Bank
Commerce transactions
Lack of basic infrastructure for secured
transactions
Opportunities Threats
E-commerce enables access to regional and Regional E-Business initiatives from UAE,
global marketplaces Dubai, and Egypt
Internet is an important engine for economic Admission to WTO will lower the legal barriers
growth thus local firms will be exposed to higher
Internet helps reduce cost of doing business international competition
(e.g., B2B procurement cost) Cultural backlash towards the internet
With trade barriers coming down, environment
Based on the Council of Ministers' decree No. 229 dated 13/8/1427h the task of
operating and administering the Saudi Network Information Center (SaudiNIC) was
moved from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) to the
Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC). The SaudiNIC was
established in 1995 by KACST.
Mission Statement
The mission of SaudiNIC is to provide an equitable, just and competent technical and
administrative management of domain name registrations and IP address allocations for
Internet community in Saudi Arabia.
CERT-SA’s Mission
To increase the information security awareness level in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To coordinate national effort towards promoting IT Security
best practices and creating trust among cyber community
To help managing information security attacks and incidents in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To be the reference point in information security for the Cyber
Community in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To build Saudi talent and human capacity in the field of
information security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To provide a trusted environment for e-transactions
to foster trust, cooperation and collaboration among our
constituents and the general cyber community in the Kingdom
Saudi e-Statistics
Saudi e-Statistics
Important ‘Saudi Arabian’ Links