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Qatari university signs MoU with Orange
Business Services
H
amad Bin Khalifa University
(HBKU), a Qatar-based
educational institution of higher
learning, and Orange Business
Services, the B2B branch of the
Orange Group focused on supporting
companies’ digital transformations, signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) at a ceremony held at Orange headquarters
in Paris.
The MoU aims to establish an internship programme, as well as to
enable both institutions to benefit mutually from resources, expertise
and human talent.
The three-year MoU primarily revolves around a collaborative
internship agreement, which includes up to three HBKU students
per year partaking in a three to six month placement with Orange
Business Services in France, as well as other placements with relevant
affiliates within the larger Orange group.
The internship enables students to gain unique experience in IT
fields, such as network services, big data, IOT solutions and smart
services, with the objective of achieving a greater understanding of
the digital realm.
Dr Ahmad M Hasnah, President of HBKU, said: “Part of our mandate
at HBKU is to foster an environment that encourages innovation
among our students. This is even more applicable in the ICT field,
as innovation drives the technological advancements we see every
day. Working with our partners at Orange means that we are able to
capitalise on exceptional real-life opportunities, as well as give our
students the chance to learn and grow beyond the classroom.”
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Cybersecurity training offered to
enhance on-line safety
international institutions,
Executive Director
Rodolphe A Boughaba,
said: “By practicing HBKU’s
core value of building
synergetic relationships,
we aim to partner with
premier academic
institutions around the
world to build progressive
education models in Qatar.
T
exas A&M University at Qatar and
the Executive Education Center, part
of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, have
collaborated to offer a new Fundamentals of
Cybersecurity certificate programme.
The programme covered topics relating to
the fundamental concepts behind modern
cryptographic systems and how they can
be employed to secure data and private
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communications. Attendees learnt about
the collection and analysis of open-source
and publicly available information, white
hacking techniques for stealth collection,
methodologies for the evaluation and
validation of sources of open and publicly
available information and OSINT best
practices. Speaking about HBKU’s Executive
Education Center’s strategic efforts
to engage in active partnerships with
“By analysing the Qatari
market needs for training
in cybersecurity and
prudently working with
our partner Texas A&M
University at Qatar,
we seek to provide
this programme in
cybersecurity that caters
to increasing local demand
for tailored training modules and courses in
this field.”
Dr César O Malavé, Dean of Texas A&M at
Qatar, said: “Through continuing education
courses such as the Fundamentals of
Cybersecurity programme, industry
professionals can apply their newly gained
knowledge and skills immediately on the job
and increase their value to their employers.”
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