Training on Cyber Security to Journalists associated with Radio
خیبر پختونخواہ انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی بورڈ کی جانب سے ریڈیو سے وابستہ صحافیوں کے لیے سائبر سکیورٹی پر تربیتی ورکشاپ
پشاور: خیبر پختونخواہ انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی بورڈ نے گزشتہ روز ریڈیو براڈکاسٹرز فورم خیبرپختونخوا کے اراکین کے لیے سائبر سکیورٹی اور فیک نیوز کی نشاندہی کے حوالے سے ایک تربیتی ورکشاپ کا اہتمام کیا۔ آئی ٹی بورڈ کے سائبر ایمرجنسی رسپانس سنٹر میں منعقدہ اس تربیتی پروگرم میں ریڈیو جرنلزم سے وابستہ صحافیوں، ریڈیو پریزنٹرز اور پروڈسرزنے بڑی تعداد میں شرکت کی۔ تربیتی پروگرام کے دوران خیبرپختونخوا سائبر ایمرجنسی رسپانس سنٹر کے چیف رفیع الشان نے شرکاء کو ڈیجیٹل ٹیکنالوجی سے متعلق مختلف موضوعات کے حوالے سے تربیت دی۔ انہوں سائبرسیکورٹی، انٹرنیٹ کے استعمال، ای میل اور مبائل کے استعمال کے دوران خطرات اور حفاظتی تدابیرکے بارے میں شرکاء کو آگاہی دی۔ ورکشاپ کے دوران فیک نیوز یا جھوٹی خبر کے حوالے سے بات کرتے ہوئے ڈاکٹر رفیع الشان کا کہنا تھا کہ صحافیوں کی یہ اولین ذمہ داری ہے کہ سوشل میڈیا پر شائع یا گردش کرنے والے خبروں کی مکمل جانچ کریں۔ انہوں نے ورکشاپ کے شرکاء کو مثالوں کے ذریعے جھوٹی خبروں کے نقصانات سے آگاہ کیا۔ ڈاکٹر رفیع الشان نے صحافیوں کو مختلف سافٹ وئیر اور آن لائن پلیٹ فارم کے بارے میں بھی تفصیلات بتائی جن کی بدولت تصاویر اور خبروں کی جانچ کی جاسکتی ہے۔
تربیتی پروگرام کے اختتام پر خیبرپختونخوا انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی بورڈ کے ڈاریکٹرمارکیٹنگ محمد منیم نے ریڈیو براڈکاسٹر فورم کے ممبران میں سرٹیفکیٹس تقسیم کئے۔انہوں نے مستقبل میں بھی صحافیوں کی انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی کی مدد میں تربیت اور آگاہی کے لئے اس قسم کے پروگرام منعقد کرنے کا عندیہ دیا۔اس موقع پر خیبرپختونخوا ریڈیو براڈکاسٹرز فورم کے’کو فاؤنڈر‘ خائستہ رحمان نے آئی ٹی بورڈ کے عہدہ داروں کا شکریہ ادا کیا۔ انہوں نے امید ظاہر کی کہ خیبرپختونخوا انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی بورڈ صحافت سے وابستہ افراد کی استعداد بڑھانے کے لئے مزید تعاون کرے گا۔
The aspiring and talented 1st batch of AWS
The aspiring and talented 1st batch of AWS - Cloud Architect (Associate) after completion of their training under "Digital Jobs through Advanced Digital Skills Trainings for the Youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". We wish them a bright future ahead.
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KPITB’s brainchild “Early Age Programming” generates commendable results
A momentous occasion as the visionary excellence and pragmatic planning invested in KPITB’s brainchild “Early Age Programming” generates commendable results. Students from government schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa make history at COMPPEC (Comppec - Computer Project Exhibition and Competition), the ultimate computers and a technological event of Pakistan, annually hosted by the Dept. of Computer Engineering NUST, Islamabad by grabbing all the top slots.
An ideal platform to explore young talent and experience their creative exploits in the World of Computers, COMPPEC invited students from around Pakistan to take part in their Early Age Programming Category.
Competing with top-notch private schools, 11 teams from KPITB’s “Early Age Program” qualified for the first round while secured first Three positions in the final round which amazed everyone with their exceptional talent and thorough understanding of modern technology. It was unprecedented that students hailing from government schools, notorious for their substandard educational framework could compete at such a level and then turn the tables by winning the whole thing.
An applaudable effort, their win is a testament of KPITB’s genuine commitment and stern resolve to raise the quality of education in government schools by introducing STEAM learning and create a unified system that allows equal opportunities devoid of nonsensical categories. This success is another milestone added to their EAP program, executed to impart the basics of computer programming to young learners in a fun and interactive manner. Designed by CODE.org and MIT Scratch, the curriculum engages an international standard training mechanism allowing children studying at government schools to experience empirical learning and exploit their skills to reap the benefits of technology and compete for future jobs.
Translated in their vision and expressed through such success stories, KPITB is changing the course of learning for good and its efforts to impart modern concepts to students at government schools and allow them an equal exposure at the national level is bearing fruitful results.
Agreement signed between KPITB and Sybrid Pvt Ltd - A Lakson Group Company
Agreement signed between KPITB and Sybrid Pvt Ltd - A Lakson Group Company for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Ready Spaces in Peshawar. 500 IT jobs will be created in the first phase and 1700 in the next phase.
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Representatives from the ICT Industry, KPITB's officials and members from Prime Minister task force on IT visited the proposed site for first Digital City of Pakistan at Haripur
KPITB invites representatives of the IT industry to the proposed site of Pakistan Digital City.
Representatives from the ICT Industry, KPITB's officials and members from Prime Minister task force on IT visited the proposed site for first Digital City of Pakistan at Haripur on April 6, 2019.
A serene site covered in the mountains of Haripur is being proposed for Digital City, in the same vicinity of Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences & Technology.
The plan for establishing Pakistan Digital City at Haripur has been initiated by KPITB which will serve as an industrial state for the ICT industry to encourage existing and potential entrants to the emerging technology landscape of Pakistan in general and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in specific. Haripur site is proposed for its strategic location being closely located to the Motorway and Islamabad. the site is centrally located on the CPEC route and is surrounded by the Universities and Educational Institutes.
During the visit Dr. Shahbaz Khan, MD KPITB briefed the guests and informed them about the expected outcomes of the project. The response from the industry was overwhelming in the establishment of Pakistan Digital City and anticipated that it will act as a catalyst for the development of IT sector in Pakistan."
Durshal: A key player in providing a growth-conducive environment for startups
Computer science and related fields are now among the fastest-growing areas of study at colleges and universities across Pakistan—over a 100,000 students graduate each year with technical degrees. Increasingly, these students, like their peers studying political science or journalism, care about making a difference.
For too long, however, organizations have failed to provide job opportunities in order to capitalize fully on the talents of this latest generation of students, resulting in a pool of brilliant and capable graduates wasting their talents than progressing professionally.
Given this context, the past three years have seen an exciting growth of “Start-up Ecosystem.” Organizations are now devoted to bridging the divide between graduates and work opportunities, KPITB is at the lead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it comes to providing a conducive environment to startups through its chain of incubation centers all across the province better known as “Durshal.”
At its root, the Durshal is a program very intentionally designed to maximize the individual startup experience in all aspects — professional and business development, mentorship, and inclusion in a welcoming, cohort-based community.
The first cohort of the Durshal project was launched in August 2018 aiming to contribute towards the digital transformation of the province by establishing a network of community spaces with the goal of enabling the youth to collaborate, innovate, and launch new businesses in the province. Durshal has also played a crucial role in creating linkages between the government, tech industry, IT entrepreneurs and investors.
The consistent progression of the startups incubated at Durshal is evident from their steady growth both in terms of HR and revenue. These early stage tech startups have successfully created hundreds of new job opportunities for the ICT graduates in the province and have enhanced their sales numbers dramatically, thus fulfilling the objective of the Durshal project, which is to promote job creators rather than job seekers.
In Peshawar alone the project has created 47 new jobs in the IT sector, the startup companies have successfully generated more than PKR 37 Million in a period of six months only.
Start-ups in Peshawar have generated PKR 16.8 million in revenue along with creating business links with 25 local and two international clients. Whereas, in Mardan the start-ups developed linkages with 215 local companies and generated PKR 19 million as revenue.
ERISP (Engineering Research and IT Services Provider) was incubated at Durshal Peshawar in its first cohort. During the six months incubation period ERISP successfully signed 5 agreements with customers, recruited 13 employees for different positions, and purchased Digital Ocean cloud for cloud services.
The co-founder of ERISP Zahid Ali told that their mission is to achieve the reputation of quality, high standard, reliable solution & service Provider Company in IT sector. Ali and his colleagues priced Durshal project of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They added that Durshal is a fruitful opportunity for the growth of tech based startups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Executive committee meeting set up for the KPITB, chaired by Deputy Special Kamran Bangash
Executive committee meeting set up for the PIT Board, chaired by Deputy Special Kamran Bangash
Crash Course on Cyber Security at KPCERC
Series of "Crash Course on Cyber Security" concluded at KPCERC. Around 69 participants from 43 different Government departments / functional units attended the training in four different sessions.
The contents covered were Website Defacement Incident Response, Email phishing attacks and Web Threat Modeling. A hands-on practice session on System Hardening was also part of the course.
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Holding a training program under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information and Technology Board (KPITB)
Holding a training program under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information and Technology Board (KPITB)