In 2019, the Oman-UK Comprehensive agreement promised cooperation in the areas of digital skills and cyber security. The British Embassy Muscat launched the UK-Oman Digital Hub with the purpose of fulfilling this task. The UK-Oman Digital Hub was created with two separate by linked workstrands, 'Cyber Skills", and "Digital Economy'. The program covers multiple small-scale projects designed to help diversify the Omani economy through support to start-up communities, boost employment in digital technology through training and mentoring, and increase cyber resilience through educational qualifications and talent fostering.
UK-Oman Digital Hub Aims
The Cyber Skills workstrand comprises a number of linked but separate projects designed to increase Omani cyber resilience, develop the domestic workforce, and equip Omanis with the skills and motivation to pursue a career in cyber security.
The objectives of this program is to:
- Equip Omanis with the specialist and technical skills needed to find employment in the cyber security, or related, sector
- Contribute to developing national-level Cyber resilience in Oman through skills and awareness
- Highlight opportunities in pursuing a career in cyber security, or related, sectors
- Demonstrate and leverage UK leadership and expertise in cyber security and identify further opportunities for the UK-Oman partnership