Saudi Green Building Forum participates in UN session

The 58th session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD58) addressed affordable housing.
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Updated 01 March 2020
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Saudi Green Building Forum participates in UN session

The Saudi Green Building Forum (SGBF) delegation concluded its attendance at the 58th session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD58). The session addressed affordable housing and social protection systems to tackle global homelessness.
The CSocD58 is the first time that the UN Commission for Social Development has addressed homelessness within its agenda. Globally, there are 100 million homeless people and 1.5 billion people who live in inadequate housing. The UN member countries are working to solve this issue. SGBF is one of the few established Saudi Arabian NGOs in consultative status with the UN.
“SGBF supports the integration of affordable housing within urban developments, architectural design and use of materials that support the occupants’ well-being, and minimizing construction waste through efficient methods, including sustainable development goals,” said Faisal Al-Fadl, SGBF chair representative to the UN.

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Globally, there are 100 million homeless people and 1.5 billion people who live in inadequate housing.

SGBF’s mission focuses on the built environment and resilience of city development practices including energy, water, infrastructure, resources and human experience integrated within affordable housing developments in order to minimize negative impact on the planet and the health and happiness of citizens.
By 2050, two-thirds of the population are expected to live in urban areas. With this, homeless populations will likely continue to rise. Homelessness often affects women and girls the worst due to the violence and extreme poverty they experience. Older women are one of the fastest growing demographics in homelessness.
The SGBF was first initiated in 2010 and established in 2014. In 2017, the foundation became the first professional association body from Saudi Arabia in consultative status with the UN.


Cyberani achieves major milestone in 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Updated 23 December 2025
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Cyberani achieves major milestone in 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Cyberani by Aramco Digital, a leading provider of cybersecurity services and solutions, announced a significant achievement in the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK evaluations. The company successfully passed all assigned cybersecurity assessments and scored exceptional marks in detecting seven core attack tactics within the MITRE ATT&CK framework. These include 100 percent in collection tactics, 100 percent in credential access, 100 percent execution of code, 100 percent of data exfiltration, 100 percent lateral movement tactics, 100 percent of persistence activities, and 100 percent recon activities. This accomplishment reflects Cyberani’s strong capabilities in safeguarding the national cyberspace and enhancing its security posture, while reinforcing its position in the global cybersecurity field and demonstrating the advancement of its innovations on an international scale.

Alongside its technical performance in the evaluation, Cyberani was granted a seat on the ATT&CK Evals Participant Advisory Council. This position enables the company to contribute to the development and refinement of future evaluation methodologies, support better alignment between ATT&CK assessments and the needs of regional and global defense ecosystems, and strengthen Saudi Arabia’s role in shaping the future of cybersecurity worldwide.

The MITRE ATT&CK evaluation is an advanced technical assessment designed to simulate real adversary behavior and measure how cybersecurity solutions and threat detection services respond to the tactics, techniques, and procedures used in actual attacks. Through its participation, Cyberani aligned its threat detection capabilities with the ATT&CK framework widely adopted across the global cybersecurity community, providing measurable and transparent insights into system performance under complex and realistic attack scenarios.

Headquartered in Riyadh, Cyberani leverages extensive hands-on experience in protecting industrial environments and critical infrastructure. This expertise enables the company to bring national operational realities into a broader ATT&CK context and support the global community in deepening its understanding of threat detection performance across diverse operating environments.

During the 2025 evaluation, Cyberani’s threat detection capabilities and security monitoring services were tested against a wide range of ATT&CK techniques. The results provided a detailed view of how its detection systems responded to every phase of simulated attack chains, offering clear visibility into coverage areas performing as intended and identifying opportunities for further tuning and enhancement. These insights now fuel Cyberani’s cybersecurity development roadmap and support its ongoing improvement efforts.

Saeed Alsaeed, CEO of Cyberani, said that Cyberani’s participation in the MITRE ATT&CK evaluations and the results achieved in its threat detection capabilities provided the company with a structured and transparent understanding of its performance across complex attack scenarios and enabled it to implement more precise enhancements.

This milestone aligns with Cyberani’s strategy to safeguard regional infrastructure with advanced cyber solutions, fueled by innovation and empowered by world-class Saudi talent.