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OMAN
Omantel signs pact with BP Oman
to provide telecom services
at Omantel Business noted, “Our partnership with BP
highlights Omantel ‘s deep experience in meeting the needs
of clients in the oil and gas sector, who are often located in
very remote regions of Oman.
“Deploying our technical experience and expertise on
this project means that BP Oman will be able to conduct
instantaneous well monitoring, while onsite staff will be
reliably connected with high quality mobile and fixed
solutions, and Internet broadband.
Omantel has announced a strategic partnership with BP Oman
to deploy full suite of fixed, mobile and broadband solutions.
The agreement calls for a comprehensive telecommunications
network to be constructed for the Khazzan Gas Project located
between the Al Dhahirah and Al Dakhiliyah Governorates, and
provides for a communications network spanning an area of
2,800 square kilometres.
Commenting on the scope of the Khazzan Gas Project,
Ahmed Mohammed al Nasri, General-Manager of Sales
Omantel ‘s project scope is to design, deploy and maintain
a comprehensive suite of telecommunication systems,
ensuring seamless voice and broadband connectivity
to cover the populated Khazzan gas field catchment
area. Once operational, the network will be delivering the
highest quality of fixed and mobile voice and high-speed
broadband solutions (LTE and GPON) for BP Oman and
its contractors on site. During the project startup phase,
telecommunication services will be initially supplied
through a series of microwave links due to its high flexibly
in providing connectivity without getting impacted by
the massive project work on ground. This setup will then
transition to a permanently installed fibre optic network
in a self-healing rings topology, with the microwave links
retained as a system backup.
Oman’s 2nd National
Cyber Drill kicked off
The Information Technology Authority represented by Oman
National CERT organised the 2nd National Cyber Drill at
the Crown Plaza Hotel – Muscat. A number of experts and
specialists from various government entities as well as national
infrastructure organisations including representatives from
financial, telecommunications, transport, education, ICT
providers and Oil and Gas sectors.
Topics and discussions of the workshop for the first two days of the
drill to begin with an overview on realities of today cyber security
landscape, tools, techniques, and threats utilised by cyber criminals,
focusing mainly on the theoretical part. The drill featured incident
response framework, including incidents types and classifications,
as well as process and methodology in which hands-on-exercise on
information gathering and threat analysis to conclude the agenda
of the first day. An array of various topics to be also covered
including incident handling (SPAM), Phishing, Malware and Web
defacement with a practical exercise at the end.
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At the third and last day of the drill, a practical exercise on the
mentioned topics to be carried out exposing participants to
various scenarios based on case studies and real-life situations,
which provides them with an opportunity to test their skills and
knowledge in responding to such attacks.
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