Initial announcement

Jordan design and development bureau “JODDB” has launched the leading international competition
(ARMYTHON-2023) in the fields of cybersecurity and encryption for armies and security agencies

Jordan design and development bureau “JODDB” has launched the first competition of its kind in the
Middle East and Africa, specialized in the field of cybersecurity “ARMYTHON 2023”, under the patronage
of His Excellency Vice Chairman JODDB’s Board of Directors / Director General, Brigadier General
Eng.Ayman ahmad Al-Batran, the opening of the first edition of the competition is on the second of
September, and it will last for three days, at the Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center - Dead Sea, where
this competition comes amidst the activities of the Conference and the Exhibition of Artificial Intelligence
in Defense Technology and Cybersecurity AIDTSEC 2023 organized by Special Operations Equipment
Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX Jordan).

The competition is organized by JODDB which aims to raise awareness and exchange experiences and
knowledge among specialists from the participating countries in the fields of cybersecurity and
encryption through live exercises and successive challenges in various fields that measure the level of
performance, capabilities and technical competencies of the participating teams.

This competition is the first of its kind in the region, as it is designed for specialists in cybersecurity from
armies and security agencies, and it is characterized by its coverage of more than seven key areas which
contains more than (one hundred and twenty) challenges that were carefully designed and built by
Jordanian experts who won awards in international competitions in these fields with the supervision of
JODDB’s Cyber shield academy.

The competition is a valuable opportunity for a meeting experts and specialists to review the latest
modern technologies and solutions in the fields of cybersecurity and cryptography, where twelve teams
from ten Arab and African countries participate in the competition under the supervision of a Jury that
includes international and local experts, which confirms the importance and impartiality of the
competition and its response to the operational need to address of contemporary cyber threats.

It is noteworthy that the AIDTSEC 2023 conference and exhibition is an important platform for having the
opportunity to meet the experts , where the latest modern technologies and solutions in the fields of
cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are presented and organized by Special Operations Equipment
Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX Jordan).