Abstract
The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) provides yet another pervasive platform, leading to more potential cybercrimes. There is a need to determine the required procedures and actions by software development companies, service providers, government agencies and users before the phenomenon invades the world. To that end, using a mixed-method approach, our work aims to tackle the IoT potential threats in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, especially from the government sector, where it is important to elaborate the government roles from different perspectives to minimize the cybercrime threats to the IoT. The roles of the legislations, national data centers, national information centers, different ministries, and government departments are important to help to minimize the cybercrime risks in the up and coming IoT space that is still lacking in the KSA.