A Dynamic Security Model for Addressing Hacking Risk Factors

Communication technologies have a significant influence on the business industry. Exchanging information, storing and retrieving data, and cutting communication costs are prime reasons for relying heavily on these technologies. However, these technologies are significantly affected by hacking. Due to neglecting the behaviour of hackers during the initial design stage of common security solutions, including firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, Honeypot and Honeynet, successful hacking attempts still exist. This paper aims to investigate pre-hacking steps (footprinting, scanning, and enumeration) and to highlight the risk factors that are not considered during the development of current security solutions. These risk factors are the common causes of the failures of current security solutions against many hacking attempts. Moreover, this paper proposes a dynamic security model to guide security researchers towards proposing security countermeasures that address these risk factors, which eventually lead to minimising hacking risks

Knowledge, attitudes and practice among high school teachers toward students with mental disorders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Background: Mental disorders are highly prevalent among adolescents, and they correlate negatively with students’ achievement, performance, and leadless school engagement and participation. School Teachers can contribute significantly to the early detection and intervention strategies for mental disorders among adolescents. This study estimates high school teachers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice toward mental disorders and determines the association between selected demographic factors.Methods: The ethical committee of King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, approved this cross-sectional study. Multistage random sampling was done, which included 62 male and 48 female high schools in Riyadh between August and December 2021. An Anonymous self-administered questionnaire consisting of 39-item was used for data collection.Results: A total 487 responses were received from the high school teachers, on a scale of 10 maximum score, only (60.4%) showed adequate knowledge regarding mental disorders. Even though, Majority of teachers (76.2%) show a favorable attitude toward mental disorders on a scale of 24 maximum scores. Furthermore, approximately one-third of study participants (34.4%) on a scale of 4 points maximum show good practice toward mental disorders.     Conclusions: This study revealed teachers’ lack of knowledge about mental disorders with poor practice. Even though school teachers have shown favourable attitudes in most aspects toward mental disorders, implantation of the mental health literacy program is recommended to enhance the essential role of school staff in providing the needed support for promoting student mental health

The Studies of Quranic recitation according to Ibn Taghri in his unpublished manuscript Fatih Al-Bari Fima Yahtaju Ilaihi Al-Muqri’ Walqari’

The Quran is the Holy book of Islam and represents the unchanged literal word of Allah in Arabic. The Quran was revealed in various forms and expressions – that is, recitations – to accommodate the diversity of Arabic dialects and the variations in the people's abilities. Such recitations have been studied extensively, but unfortunately, many of which are not available as scholarly books. One of them is Ibn Taghri’s manuscript, titled: Fatih Al-Bari Fima Yahtaju Ilaihi Al-Muqri’ Walqari’. It underscores the significant perspectives in regards to the most important conditions for accepting or rejecting a particular recitation. It aims at drawing the attention of individuals interested in Quranic studies to new and beneficial insights. The paper is a quality review which adopts the descriptive approach. The subjective perspective is acknowledged as the human experience is involved to explain scholarly views and make judgments. Indeed, the article concludes that Ibn Taghri’s unpublished manuscript provides different perspectives and adopts Ibn al-Jazari's ideas in most of the issues discussed regarding the Quranic recitations. It also accentuates that the primary criterion for accepting a recitation or rejecting it is the principle of tawatur (continuous transmission). It is obligatory to adhere to the Uthmanic script of the Quran and not deviate from it, except in educational contexts or when necessary. This article recommends editing Ibn Taghri’s unpublished manuscript in a scholarly manner and preparing it for the benefit of specialists and experts by disseminating its content to a wider audience