Riyadh newspaperThe Russian -Ukrainian crisis secretes demands for safe financial applications to localize technology

The Russian -Ukrainian crisis and NATO have produced many demands from specialists in the technical, political and media field and combating terrorism, that we have special applications and platforms that are managed from within the Kingdom, especially since we have young men and women who have the ability and knowledge to achieve this after the success of the application of "Absher" and " Tawakkul "and others, and included the list of financial and technological companies during the crisis that suspended their business and activities in Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine," Google "," Air BnB "and" Intel "companies, as well as American companies that deal financially online such as Paypal, One of the most prominent solutions is to have an internal internet in the coming days.

Media space

Abdul -Rahman Al -Qarash, from the Samoud Program for Terrorism and Researcher on Social Affairs, explained that the media space is the main force that is universally trapped in all societies. On its way, public opinion, directions, ideas, and positions can be formed on various events, and thus strongly affects the internal or external efforts of any country,It also has a prominent role in public life, as it is called the "fourth power" that rules in the country.

He added that after technological progress in the third millennium, the media became the "first power" because of its impact on the guidance within society by playing on concepts and intentions, and whatever there are errors, negative assessments or systematic criticism of its performance or the performance of its workers, it remains a strategic partnerIn all issues that affect people's lives or the nation’s concern and departments through his ability to reach the social segment until the ordinary citizen became a valuable performance of the media before those interested in him or those responsible for it.

He pointed out that the media, by its means, tools, templates, forms, and various methodsHence, he helped to reveal many files and educate people about their rights.

Al -Qarash said: The sophisticated, high -ranking media, a developmental role in light of the conditions that society lives in wide and economic developments and transformations, until it has become its various visual, audio and readable means, plays a prominent role in promoting awareness and in strengthening the values of individuals through information, ideas and directions, and this,Undoubtedly, a comprehensive development that helps in forming a base of science and knowledge works to change the behavior of individuals to follow the right approach and deterring them at the same time to stay away from methods that do not agree with the interests of the country and its goals.

Studies and research centers concerned with internal affairs

He called for opening centers for studies and research concerned with internal, regional and global affairs politically, economically and socially so that the Saudi public opinion is aware of what is going on through local sources and not an expatriate through various media outlets other than Saudi Arabia, and to send young men and women to international centers to benefit from the experience of those who preceded us in this field, And the creation of a qualitative and technical shift in dealing with the event without frills, adapting, fraud, or disregard for the mentality and taste of the follower, and evoking the critical thought of the quality of the material presented before its publication in exactly away from racism or self -closure as he says: (Saudi society has privacy) as if we are in isolation from the world Because of this short view, and the presentation of the high -end image by respecting our principles in our presentation in order to change the black stereotype from us in some areas that are famous for the mercenary media, and the creation of a "media platform" such as Absher and our trust is linked to the Ministry of Information so that the media is fully aware of what he has and what he has, The energies of our youth in this field are great that must be contained.

Technology localization and qualification of national cadres

While Dr. Hisham Saleh Abbas, the advisor in the digital transformation, indicated that the technology has turned from being a way to facilitate business into a fundamental component of any work system, whether technical, financial, medical or logistical, indicating that from the lessons learned from the Russian -Ukrainian crisis is the importance of localizing technologies from From the rehabilitation of national cadres to provide national digital applications and platforms of high independence and reliability, it is very important that these digital platforms are based on local infrastructure within the borders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and with self -control, for example, cloud computing centers have become one of the mechanisms of providing services, so therefore It is important to stimulate investment in establishing many of these centers within the geographical scope of the Kingdom not only to achieve the confidentiality of information but also to ensure self -control in the operation of these centers, it may be that attracting global computing companies to operate data centers in the Kingdom is useful, but it is more beneficial to build these services by national bodies It is highly efficient and capable of hosting international data to increase the complexity of the isolation of these centers for any reason.

The consultant in digital transformation explained that the applications are related to systems and in some cases these systems are global and the provision of organic applications in these systems such as the Swift system and this is very necessary but it is also very important to multiply in these systems as alternatives that are not only useful in facing political measures but also to face any Distinguish or interruption in this network, noting at the same time that research and development must work continuous The chances of negotiating, the goal is not to take advantage or dispense with the world, but promoting digital capabilities is a natural requirement and a legitimate right for any country that looks forward to be at the forefront.

The extent of the Kingdom's strength

What M. sees. Khaled Al -Thawadi, a consultant in the development of digital works and deputy head of the Communications and Information Technology Committee in the Eastern Chamber, a member of the National Information Technology Committee, that the Kingdom owns the "Mada" network, which is the Saudi financial payments network or (SPAN) previously is a national payment network in the Kingdom, and is affiliated The Saudi Central Bank, considering it a reservoir under the current circumstances or global events, explained that (Apple Pay) and (Google Pay) are American networks and controls financial payments through it worldwide, when the problems of congestion occurred in Russia's trains were due to financial payments Through those cards, which were stopped as a kind of economic sanctions on Russia, besides that the Kingdom owns (STC Pay) and its counterparts protect the financial payments of people without the need for international financial systems or cards that may stop in any case of geopolitical turmoil, calling for an increase in these Saudi cards and the development of Its duties in addition to safe applications inside the Kingdom, as well as the creation of an internal network except that network domains (COM, Net) do not have them in the Kingdom, and we aspire to have domains that we control, in addition to the centers For information it should be hosted inside the Kingdom.

An internal internet

ويؤكد سالم الحربي، خبير تقني، على ضرورة أن يكون لدينا خوادم وسيرفرات تملكها الدولة وتدار من الداخل، مع ضرورة البدء فيها فأزمة روسيا وأوكرانيا تعطينا عبر بأخذ الاحتياطات بعد قطع الإنترنت عن روسيا إلا أن روسيا تملك شبكة داخلية اسمها "رونت" فتأثرها أصبح قليلا في إدارة منظومتها بجميع اختلافاتها المالية والاقتصادية والعسكرية والتعليمية والصحية وتصفح الإنترنت من داخل الدولة، على غرار الصين التي تملك شبكة An internal internetة وخوادم داخلية تدار من قبل الصين مثل "الدرع الذهبي" و"الجدار الناري العظيم" بعد حظر كثير من البرامج والخوادم والشبكات والمواقع وغيرها.