The Deanship of Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) has gained a global certificate of "Global Standard 27001 ISO(International Organization for Standardization) Information Security" as the first deanship among universities in the Middle East . The University's Rector Dr. Osama bin Sadeq Tayyib, has sent a letter of congratulations to the Dean of Deanship of Information Technology Dr. Khalid bin Sami Mohammed Hussein on the occasion of gaining this certificate.